1066 and All That
by W. C. Sellar
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A memorable history of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 good things, 5 bad kings and 2 genuine dates. Book beloved by British schoolchildren everywhere, and hated by their history teachers, it gives a tongue-in-cheek "potted history" in an amusing format. It was written by two contributors to Punch magazine. - Summary by LynneT
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| Compulsory Preface | 3:44 | Read by ShrimpPhish | |
| Caesar Invades Britain | 3:54 | Read by Pamela Nagami | |
| Britain Conquered Again | 2:43 | Read by Lynne T | |
| The Conversion of England | 2:06 | Read by Lynne T | |
| Britain Conquered Again | 2:44 | Read by Lynne T | |
| Alfred the Cake | 1:29 | Read by Lynne T | |
| Exgalahad and the British Navy | 2:24 | Read by Robert H. Cherny | |
| Lady Windermere. Age of Lake Dwellers. | 1:08 | Read by Robert H. Cherny | |
| Ethelred the Unready. A Weak King | 1:16 | Read by Robert H. Cherny | |
| Canute, An Experimental King | 1:42 | Read by Robert H. Cherny | |
| Edward the Confessor | 4:00 | Read by Robert H. Cherny | |
| William I. A Conquering King | 3:02 | Read by Robert H. Cherny | |
| Rufus. A Ruddy King | 1:10 | Read by ShrimpPhish | |
| Henry I. A Tragic King | 0:57 | Read by ShrimpPhish | |
| The Dreadful Tale of Stephen and his Aunt Matilda (or Maud) | 1:42 | Read by ShrimpPhish | |
| Henry II. A Just King | 2:38 | Read by Anthony St. Pierre | |
| The Age of Piety | 1:22 | Read by Anthony St. Pierre | |
| Richard I. A Wild King | 2:11 | Read by Anthony St. Pierre | |
| John. An Awful King | 2:46 | Read by Anthony St. Pierre | |
| Magna Charter | 2:29 | Read by Anthony St. Pierre | |
| Robin Hood and his Merrie Men | 2:14 | Read by Christine Rottger | |
| Henry III. A Nondescript King | 7:32 | Read by ThatLady | |
| Edward I. A Strong King | 2:50 | Read by ThatLady | |
| Edward II. A Worthless King | 3:47 | Read by ThatLady | |
| Edward III. A Romantic King | 4:40 | Read by ThatLady | |
| Richard II. An Unbalanced King | 3:15 | Read by ThatLady | |
| Henry IV. A Split King | 1:51 | Read by ShrimpPhish | |
| Henry V. An Ideal King | 2:01 | Read by ShrimpPhish | |
| Henry VI. A Very Small King | 3:45 | Read by ShrimpPhish | |
| Cause of the Tudors | 2:32 | Read by ShrimpPhish | |
| Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck | 5:42 | Read by ShrimpPhish | |
| Bluff King Hal | 4:55 | Read by Winnifred Assmann | |
| Edward VI. and Broody Mary | 1:59 | Read by Winnifred Assmann | |
| Elizabeth | 6:00 | Read by Winnifred Assmann | |
| James I. A Tidy King | 4:16 | Read by tombooker | |
| Charles I. and the Civil War | 10:20 | Read by tombooker | |
| Charles II. A Merry Monarch | 5:11 | Read by Michael Fassio | |
| James II. A Maddening King | 2:48 | Read by Betsy STERN | |
| Williamanmary. England Ruled by an Orange. | 5:08 | Read by Michael Fassio | |
| Anne. A Dead Queen. | 3:02 | Read by Christine Rottger | |
| The XL and the XLV | 2:57 | Read by Michael Fassio | |
| Rules of Wars in the XVIIth Century | 2:04 | Read by Jersey City Frankie | |
| George III. An Obstinate King | 1:54 | Read by Jersey City Frankie | |
| India | 2:09 | Read by Jersey City Frankie | |
| The Boston Tea-Party | 1:48 | Read by Jersey City Frankie | |
| The French Revolution | 1:30 | Read by Jersey City Frankie | |
| Napoleon | 1:20 | Read by Jersey City Frankie | |
| Nelson | 1:59 | Read by Jersey City Frankie | |
| Wellington | 3:21 | Read by Jersey City Frankie | |
| The Industrial Revelation | 4:28 | Read by Jersey City Frankie | |
| George IV. A Gentleman King | 1:45 | Read by Anthony St. Pierre | |
| William IV. A Sailor King | 3:33 | Read by Anthony St. Pierre | |
| Queen Victoria. A Good Queen | 3:33 | Read by Anthony St. Pierre | |
| Crimean War | 2:55 | Read by Anthony St. Pierre | |
| The Indian Mutiny | 1:50 | Read by Anthony St. Pierre | |
| "PAL" | 1:23 | Read by Stacey Malcolm | |
| Fresh Attempts to Amuse The Queen. Wave of Justifiable Wars | 4:33 | Read by Michael Fassio | |
| Disraeli and Gladstone | 3:00 | Read by Michael Fassio | |
| The Boerwoer | 2:25 | Read by Michael Fassio | |
| Wave of Inventions | 2:47 | Read by Christine Rottger | |
| Edward VII. Almost a Monarch | 1:22 | Read by Christine Rottger | |
| The Great War | 3:25 | Read by Christine Rottger | |
| A Bad Thing | 3:03 | Read by Christine Rottger |