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BBC radio collection.
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| System Details |
Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 44528 KB). |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Downloadable audio file. |
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Title from: Title details screen. |
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Unabridged. |
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Duration: 3:05:49. |
| Performer |
Read by Anna Massey. |
| Summary |
Queen Anne was the last of the Stuart monarchs. In her twelve years on the throne she became the last monarch to veto an Act of Parliament. Scotland was officially united with England and Wales, and the Duke of Marlborough -- Churchill's most illustrious ancestor -- became a national hero in winning the Battle of Blenheim. When Anne died without an heir, Great Britain acquired its first Hanoverian king -- George the First. The reigns of the first two Georges witnessed the first great financial scandal -- the South Sea Bubble -- and the rise of Robert Walpole, the man usually called Britain's first Prime Minister. Rule Britannia and God Save the King came into the national repertoire, gin and grog came into the national drinks cabinet and William Pitt the Elder, Bonnie Prince Charlie and Clive of India all found their way to centre stage. |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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| Added Author |
Massey, Anna.
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BBC Audiobooks Ltd.
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| Added Title |
First British Empire : 1702-1760 |
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This sceptred isle : 1702-1760 |
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This sceptred isle (Radio program)
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| ISBN |
1405699396 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) |
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