Marco
4 books
Early Modern
557
Charles W. Colby - Chronicles of Canada Volume 07 - The Fighting Governer: A Chronicle of Frontenac
The Canada to which Frontenac came in 1672 was no longer the infant colony it had been when Richelieu founded the Company of One Hundred Associates. Though its inhabitants numbered less than seven thousand, the...
3 hours 24 minutes
*Non-fiction
469
Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 12)
Much of this chapter is taken up with the affairs of Ireland during the reign of James II. The Protestants and Catholics are having their usual disagreements and James is putting his pieces in place in an attempt to...
4 hours 4 minutes
*Non-fiction
483
Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 11)
In chapter 11 William and Mary have been crowned and settle down to the task of ruling England. An endless succession of British noblemen jockey for position and all feel frustration at Williams’ preference for his...
4 hours 14 minutes