Length5h 12m
About this audiobook
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. KING CHARLES THE FIRST was born in Scotland. It may perhaps surprise the reader that an English king should be born in Scotland. The explanation is this: They who have read the history of Mary Queen of Scots, will remember that it was the great end and aim of her life to unite the crowns of England and Scotland in her own family. Queen Elizabeth was then Queen of England. She lived and died unmarried. Queen Mary and a young man named Lord Darnley were the next heirs. It was uncertain which of the two had the strongest claim. To prevent a dispute, by uniting these claims, Mary made Darnley her husband. They had it son, who, after the death of his father and mother, was acknowledged to be the heir to the English throne, whenever Elizabeth's life should end. In the meantime he remained King of Scotland. His name was James. He married a princess of Denmark; and his child, who afterward was King Charles the First of England, was born before he left his native realm.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length5 hrs 12 mins
Narrated byXYZ Voices
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJul 25, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1
7Chapter 7: the Earl of Strafford
2Chapter 2
8Chapter 8: Downfall of Strafford and Laud
3Chapter 3: Accession to the Throne
9Chapter 9: Civil War
4Chapter 4: Buckingham
10Chapter 10: the Captivity
5Chapter 5: the King and His Prerogative
11Chapter 11: Trial and Death
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6Chapter 6: Archbishop Laud
