Historical Lectures and Essays

by Charles Kingsley

EN·~4 hours·10 chapters

Chapters

10 total

Transcribed from the 1902 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk

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HISTORICAL LECTURES AND ESSAYS by Charles Kingsley

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THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF AMERICA

43:56

CYRUS, THE SERVANT OF-THE LORD

36:56

ANCIENT CIVILISATION

34:16

RONDELET, THE HUGUENOT NATURALIST

37:53

VESALIUS THE ANATOMIST

37:21

PARACELSUS

26:55

GEORGE BUCHANAN, SCHOLAR

45:24

FOOTNOTES

3:37

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~4 hours (255K characters)

Release date

1998-06-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1360

Subjects

History D

About the author

Charles Kingsley

1819–1875

A Victorian clergyman and novelist, he brought big ideas to life through adventure, history, and social debate. Best known for The Water-Babies and Westward Ho!, he wrote with energy, humor, and a strong sense that stories should matter.

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