An engaging history of Great Britain in the heyday of Queen Victoria and of her empire by the liberal Irish Member of Parliament, Justin McCarthy. He brings us the larger than life personalities of the day, Victoria and Albert, Russell and Peel, O'Connell and Palmerston, Gladstone and Disraeli, and relates great events, the Afghan War, the Irish famine, and the Crimean War without ever losing sight of the hopes and fears of the common people at home and abroad. (Pamela Nagami)
Chapters
1 Ch. 1: The King is Dead! Long Live the Queen!, Pt. 1 20 min 2 Ch. 1: The King is Dead! Long Live the Queen!, Pt. 2 22 min 3 Ch. 2: Statesmen and Parties, Pt. 1 17 min 4 Ch. 2: Statesmen and Parties, Pt. 2 21 min 5 Ch. 3: Canada and Lord Durham, Pt. 1 28 min 6 Ch. 3: Canada and Lord Durham, Pt. 2 13 min 7 Ch. 3: Canada and Lord Durham, Pt. 3 17 min 8 Ch. 4: Science and Speed, Pt. 1 18 min 9 Ch. 4: Science and Speed, Pt. 2 14 min 10 Ch. 5: Chartism, Pt. 1 18 min 11 Ch. 5: Chartism, Pt. 2 17 min 12 Ch. 5: Chartism, Pt. 3 13 min 13 Ch. 6: Question de Jupons, Pt. 1 14 min 14 Ch. 6: Question de Jupons, Pt. 2 13 min 15 Ch. 7: The Queen's Marriage, Pt. 1 16 min 16 Ch. 7: The Queen's Marriage, Pt. 2 21 min 17 Ch. 8: The Opium War, Pt. 1 17 min 18 Ch. 8: The Opium War, Pt. 2 15 min 19 Ch. 9: The Decline and Fall of the Whig Ministry, Pt. 1 14 min 20 Ch. 9: The Decline and Fall of the Whig Ministry, Pt. 2 24 min 21 Ch. 10: Movements in the Churches, Pt. 1 13 min 22 Ch. 10: Movements in the Churches, Pt. 2 21 min 23 Ch. 11: The Disasters at Cabul, Pt. 1 19 min 24 Ch. 11: The Disasters at Cabul, Pt. 2 20 min 25 Ch. 11: The Disasters at Cabul, Pt. 3 22 min 26 Ch. 11: The Disasters at Cabul, Pt. 4 22 min 27 Ch. 12: The Repeal Year, Pt. 1 17 min 28 Ch. 12: The Repeal Year, Pt. 2 17 min 29 Ch. 12: The Repeal Year, Pt. 3 20 min 30 Ch. 13: Peel's Administration, Pt. 1 14 min 31 Ch. 13: Peel's Administration, Pt. 2 21 min 32 Ch. 14: Free Trade and the League, Pt. 1 34 min 33 Ch. 14: Free Trade and the League, Pt. 2 28 min 34 Ch. 15: Famine Forces Peel's Hand, Pt. 1 22 min 35 Ch. 15: Famine Forces Peel's Hand, Pt. 2 18 min 36 Ch. 16: Mr. Disraeli, Pt. 1 24 min 37 Ch. 16: Mr. Disraeli, Pt. 2 26 min 38 Ch. 17: Famine, Commercial Trouble, and Foreign Intrigue, Pt. 1 19 min 39 Ch. 17: Famine, Commercial Trouble, and Foreign Intrigue, Pt. 2 22 min
