A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 10 of 22, covering from 1558-1608 AD . - Summary Adapted from the Title Page
Chapters
1 An Outline Narrative 28 min 2 England Loses Her Last French Territory, Battle of San Quentin, AD 1558, by Charles Knight 14 min 3 Reign of Elizabeth, AD 1558-1603, by Henry R. Cleveland 41 min 4 John Knox Heads the Scottish Reformers, AD 1559, by P. Hume Brown, part 1 27 min 5 John Knox Heads the Scottish Reformers, AD 1559, by P. Hume Brown, part 2 26 min 6 John Knox Heads the Scottish Reformers, AD 1559, by Thomas Carlyle 18 min 7 Mary Stuart: Her Reign and Execution, AD 1561-1587, by Algernon Charles Swinbourne, part 1 26 min 8 Mary Stuart: Her Reign and Execution, AD 1561-1587, by Algernon Charles Swinbourne, part 2 26 min 9 Founding of St Augustine, Massacre of the Huguenots in America, AD 1565, by George R. Fairbanks 23 min 10 Revolt of the Netherlands Against Spain, Rise of the Gueux or the Beggars, AD 1566, by Friedrich von Schiller, part 1 20 min 11 Revolt of the Netherlands Against Spain, Rise of the Gueux or the Beggars, AD 1566, by Friedrich von Schiller, part 2 27 min 12 Lepanto: Destruction of the Turkish Naval Power, AD 1571, by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, part 1 22 min 13 Lepanto: Destruction of the Turkish Naval Power, AD 1571, by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, part 2 27 min 14 Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Henry White, part 1 23 min 15 Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Henry White, part 2 24 min 16 Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Isaac D'Israeli 11 min 17 Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Jno Rudd 6 min 18 Heroic Age of the Netherlands, Siege of Leyden, AD 1573, by Thomas Henry Dyer 24 min 19 Search for the Northwest Passage by Frobisher, AD 1576, by George Best 16 min 20 Building the First Theater in England, AD 1576, by Karl Mantzius 46 min 21 Cossack Conquest of Siberia, AD 1581, by Nikolai M. Karamzin 47 min 22 First Colony of England Beyond the Seas, AD 1583, by Moses Harvey 13 min 23 Assassination of William of Orange, Division of the Netherlands, AD 1584, by John Lothrop Motley 19 min 24 The Naming of Virginia: The First Description of the Indians, The Lost Colony, AD 1584, by Arthur Barlow 35 min 25 The Naming of Virginia: The First Description of the Indians, The Lost Colony, AD 1584, by R.R. Howison 19 min 26 Drake Captures Cartagena, He "Singes the King of Spain's Beard" at Cadiz, AD 1586-1587, by Julian Corbett, part 1 24 min 27 Drake Captures Cartagena, He "Singes the King of Spain's Beard" at Cadiz, AD 1586-1587, by Julian Corbett, part 2 21 min 28 Defeat of the Spanish Armata, AD 1588, by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy, part 1 37 min 29 Defeat of the Spanish Armata, AD 1588, by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy, part 2 33 min 30 Henry of Navarre accepts Catholicism, He is Acknowledged as King of France, AD 1593, by Maximilien De Bethune, Duc de Sully 26 min 31 Culmination of Dramatic Literature in "Hamlet", AD 1601, by James O. Halliwell-Phillipps 31 min 32 Downfall of Irish Liberty, "Flight of the Earls", AD 1603, by Justin McCarthy 25 min 33 The Gunpowder Plot, AD 1605, by Samuel R. Gardiner 28 min 34 Cervantes' "Don Quixote" Reforms Literature, AD 1605, by Henry Edward Watts 39 min 35 Earliest Discovery of Australia, AD 1606, by Louis Beck and Walter Jeffery 26 min 36 Settlement of Virginia, Charter Under Which America was Colonized, AD 1607, by R.R. Howison 44 min 37 Founding of Quebec, Champlain Establishes French Power in America, AD 1608, by H.H. Miles 52 min
