About the book
Charles Dickens recounts English history for younger readers in his distinctive narrative voice.
LibriVox recording; public domain in the United States.
Recorded by LibriVox volunteers. Audio hosted by the Internet Archive. Original recording and credits.
Listen chapter by chapter
- Ancient England and the Romans · 25 minutes
- Ancient England Under the Early Saxons · 13 minutes
- England Under the Good Saxon, Alfred · 14 minutes
- England Under Athelstan and the Six Boy-Kings · 31 minutes
- England Under Canute the Dane · 5 minutes
- England Under Harold Harefoot, Hardicanute, and Edward the Confessor · 20 minutes
- England Under Harold the Second, and Conquered by the Normans · 11 minutes
- England Under William the First, the Norman Conqueror · 16 minutes
- England Under William the Second, Called Rufus · 15 minutes
- England Under Henry the First, Called Fine-Scholar · 21 minutes
- England Under Matilda and Stephen · 9 minutes
- England Under Henry the Second · 45 minutes
- England Under Richard the First, Called the Lion-Heart · 21 minutes
- England Under King John, Called Lackland · 29 minutes
- England Under Henry the Third, Called, Of Winchester · 39 minutes
- England Under Edward the First, Called Longshanks · 40 minutes
- England Under Edward the Second · 23 minutes
- England Under Edward the Third · 31 minutes
- England Under Richard the Second · 27 minutes
- England Under Henry the Fourth, Called Bolingbroke · 14 minutes
- England Under Henry the Fifth · 25 minutes
- England Under Henry the Sixth · 47 minutes
- England Under Edward the Fourth · 20 minutes
- England Under Edward the Fifth · 11 minutes
- England Under Richard the Third · 11 minutes
- England Under Henry the Seventh · 26 minutes
- England Under Henry the Eighth, Called Bluff King Hal and Burly King Harry · 26 minutes
- England Under Henry the Eighth · 23 minutes
- England Under Edward the Sixth · 18 minutes
- England Under Mary · 30 minutes
- England Under Elizabeth · 55 minutes
- England Under James the First · 43 minutes
- England Under Charles the First · 55 minutes
- England Under Oliver Cromwell · 40 minutes
- England Under Charles the Second, Called the Merry Monarch · 52 minutes
- England Under James the Second · 25 minutes
- Epilogue · 6 minutes