Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Junior History
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: NA439512
Barcode: 9789626343951
Release Date: 03/2006

MARSHALL: Our Island Story, Vol. 1 (Unabridged)

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.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Marshall, Henrietta Elizabeth - Author
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
1 Chapter I: The Stories of Albion and Brutus 06:55
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
2 Chapter II: The Coming of the Romans 08:36
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
3 Chapter III: The Romans Come Again 04:29
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
4 Chapter IV: How Caligula Conquered Britain 08:01
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
5 Chapter V: The Story of a Warrior Queen (Boadicea) 08:22
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
6 Chapter VI: The Last of the Romans 07:50
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
7 Chapter VII: The Story of St. Alban 09:37
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
8 Chapter VIII: Vortigern and King Constans 08:42
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
9 Chapter IX: The Story of the Coming of Hengist and Horsa 09:18
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Disc 2
1 Chapter X: Hengist's Treachery 07:48
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
2 Chapter XI: How the Giant's Dance was Brought to Britain 11:36
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
3 Chapter XII: The Coming of Arthur 06:21
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
4 Chapter XIII: The Founding of the Round Table 07:26
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
5 Chapter XIV: The Story of Gregory and the Pretty Children 12:06
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
6 Chapter XV: How King Alfred Learned to Read 06:20
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
7 Chapter XVI: King Alfred in the Cowherd's Cottage 09:48
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
8 Chapter XVII: More About Alfred the Great 07:53
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
9 Chapter XVIII: Ethelred the Unready 07:42
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Disc 3
1 Chapter XIX: How Edmund Ironside Fought for the Crown 07:46
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
2 Chapter XX: Canute and the Waves 05:03
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
3 Chapter XXI: Edward the Confessor 10:43
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
4 Chapter XXII: Harold 12:32
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
5 Chapter XXIII: The Battle of Stamford Bridge 11:24
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
6 Chapter XXIV: The Battle of Hastings 11:12
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
7 Chapter XXV: William the Conqueror – Hereward the Wake 11:54
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
8 Chapter XXVI: William the Conqueror – Death of the King 07:50
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Disc 4
1 Chapter XXVII: The Story of William the Red 06:37
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
2 Chapter XXVIII: Henry I – The Story of the ‘White Ship’ 04:22
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
3 Chapter XXIX: The Story of King Stephen 08:26
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
4 Chapter XXX: Henry Plantagenet – Gilbert and Rohesia 07:04
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
5 Chapter XXXI: Henry Plantagenet – The Conquest of Ireland 11:56
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
6 Chapter XXXII: Henry Plantagenet – Thomas à Becket 05:30
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
7 Chapter XXXIII: The Story of Richard Coeur de Lion 12:11
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
8 Chapter XXXIV: The Story of How Blondel Found the King 10:14
Bentinck, Anna (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 04:53:34