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 13 of 22, covering from 1716-1775 AD . - Summary Adapted from the Title Page
Chapters
1 Outline Narrative 31 min 2 John Law Promotes the Mississippi Scheme, AD 1716, by Louis Adolphe Thiers 39 min 3 Prince Eugene Vanquishes the Turks, AD 1717, by Prince Eugene of Savoy 16 min 4 Bursting the South Sea Bubble, AD 1720, by Louis Adolphe Thiers 28 min 5 Bach Lays the Foundation of Modern Music, AD 1723, by Henry Tipper 34 min 6 Settlement of Georgia, AD 1732, by William B. Stevens 28 min 7 Rise of Methodism, AD 1738, by William E.H. Lecky 47 min 8 Conquests of Nadir Shah, AD 1739, by Sir John Malcolm, part 1 45 min 9 Conquests of Nadir Shah, AD 1739, by Sir John Malcolm, part 2 43 min 10 First Modern Novel, AD 1740, by Edmund Grosse 20 min 11 Frederick the Great Seizes Silesia, AD 1740, by William Smyth 24 min 12 Defeat of the Young Pretender at Culloden, AD 1746, by Justin McCarthy 28 min 13 Benjamin Franklin Experiments with Electricity, AD 1747, by John Bigelow and Benjamin Franklin 36 min 14 Voltaire Directs European Thought from Geneva, AD 1755, by John Morley 43 min 15 Voltaire Directs European Thought from Geneva, AD 1755, by George W. Kitchin 18 min 16 Braddock's Defeat, AD 1755, by Winthrop Sargent 39 min 17 Braddock's Defeat, AD 1755, by George Washington 7 min 18 Braddock's Defeat, AD 1755, by Captain de Contrecœur 5 min 19 Exile of the Acadian Neutral's, AD 1755, by William H. Withrow 11 min 20 Clive Establishes British Supremacy in India, AD 1756, by Sir Alexander J. Arbuthnot, part 1 30 min 21 Clive Establishes British Supremacy in India, AD 1756, by Sir Alexander J. Arbuthnot, part 2 31 min 22 Seven Years' War, AD 1756-1763, by Wolfgang Menzel 38 min 23 Seven Years' War, AD 1756-1763, by Frederick the Great 30 min 24 Conquest of Canada, AD 1759, by A.G. Bradley, part 1 30 min 25 Conquest of Canada, AD 1759, by A.G. Bradley, part 2 26 min 26 Usurpation of Catharine II in Russia, AD 1762, by W. Knox Johnson 57 min 27 Conspiracy of Pontiac, AD 1763, by E.O. Randall, part 1 27 min 28 Conspiracy of Pontiac, AD 1763, by E.O. Randall, part 2 29 min 29 American Colonies Oppose the Stamp Act, AD 1765, by James Grahame 27 min 30 American Colonies Oppose the Stamp Act, AD 1765, by George Bancroft 8 min 31 Watt Improves the Steam-Engine, AD 1769, by Francois Arago 31 min 32 First Partition of Poland, AD 1772, by James Fletcher, part 1 25 min 33 First Partition of Poland, AD 1772, by James Fletcher, part 2 26 min 34 The Boston Tea Party, AD 1773, by George Bancroft 19 min 35 Cotton Manufacture Developed, AD 1774, by Thomas F. Henderson 14 min 36 Intellectual Revolt of Germany, AD 1775, by Karl Hillebrand 46 min 37 Pestalozzi's Method of Education, AD 1775, by George Ripley 34 min
