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MARSHALL: Our Island Story, Vol. 1 (Unabridged)
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Our Island Story by H.E. Marshall is an Edwardian history book for younger listeners (aged six–twelve) which tells the story of England, concluding with the reign of Queen Victoria. Antonia Fraser and many other current historians declare that it was this book that opened the delights of history for them. It fell from fashion in the 1960s, but its recent re-release in hardback has seen it become a publishing surprise in the UK, with sales of some 75,000 copies in a few months. Now, Naxos AudioBooks releases it unabridged in three volumes released in March 2006, April 2006 and May 2006, divided into three clear periods of history. Though slightly edited to take account of historical changes and attitudes, it is presented unabridged.
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Our Island Story, Chapters I - XXXIV: From the Romans to Richard the Lionheart
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Chapter I: The Stories of Albion and Brutus
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Chapter II: The Coming of the Romans
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Chapter III: The Romans Come Again
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Chapter IV: How Caligula Conquered Britain
00:08:01
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Chapter V: The Story of a Warrior Queen (Boadicea)
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Chapter VI: The Last of the Romans
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Chapter VII: The Story of St. Alban
00:09:37
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Chapter VIII: Vortigern and King Constans
00:08:42
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Chapter IX: The Story of the Coming of Hengist and Horsa
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Our Island Story, Chapters I - XXXIV: From the Romans to Richard the Lionheart
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Chapter X: Hengist's Treachery
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Chapter XI: How the Giant's Dance was Brought to Britain
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Chapter XII: The Coming of Arthur
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Chapter XIII: The Founding of the Round Table
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Chapter XIV: The Story of Gregory and the Pretty Children
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Chapter XV: How King Alfred Learned to Read
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Chapter XVI: King Alfred in the Cowherd's Cottage
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Chapter XVII: More About Alfred the Great
00:07:53
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Chapter XVIII: Ethelred the Unready
00:07:42
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Our Island Story, Chapters I - XXXIV: From the Romans to Richard the Lionheart
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Chapter XIX: How Edmund Ironside Fought for the Crown
00:07:46
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Chapter XX: Canute and the Waves
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Chapter XXI: Edward the Confessor
00:10:43
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Chapter XXII: Harold
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Chapter XXIII: The Battle of Stamford Bridge
00:11:24
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Chapter XXIV: The Battle of Hastings
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Chapter XXV: William the Conqueror – Hereward the Wake
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Chapter XXVI: William the Conqueror – Death of the King
00:07:50
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Our Island Story, Chapters I - XXXIV: From the Romans to Richard the Lionheart
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Chapter XXVII: The Story of William the Red
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Chapter XXVIII: Henry I – The Story of the ‘White Ship’
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Chapter XXIX: The Story of King Stephen
00:08:26
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Chapter XXX: Henry Plantagenet – Gilbert and Rohesia
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Chapter XXXI: Henry Plantagenet – The Conquest of Ireland
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Chapter XXXII: Henry Plantagenet – Thomas à Becket
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Chapter XXXIII: The Story of Richard Coeur de Lion
00:12:11
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Chapter XXXIV: The Story of How Blondel Found the King
00:10:14
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Total Playing Time:
04:53:34
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