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The Early Hanoverians by Edward Ellis Morris (1843 - 1902).

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In this short book Edward Ellis Morris writes a vivid account of the reigns of the first two Georges. Scarcely had the fifty-four-year-old king assumed the throne when James Stuart roused the Highlanders in the "Fifteen." Five years later the collapse of the South Sea Company convulsed Britain and her first prime minister, Robert Walpole, emerged to stabilize the country's finances. George II succeeded his father in 1727 and Morris writes that "the new King was in person short, and like many short men, proud and touchy." Fortunately, he was guided by the wise Queen Caroline. On the Continent, the Turks besieged Vienna, Britain got embroiled first in the War of Jenkins' Ear and then in the War of the Austrian Succession, while Bonnie Prince Charlie took advantage of these distractions to mount the nearly successful Jacobite invasion of the "Forty-five." Meanwhile, John Wesley's Methodism revived religious enthusiasm, Boswell immortalized Samuel Johnson and his friends, and Tom Jones embarked on an epic road trip in which Henry Fielding brought English society to life, warts and all. (Pamela Nagami, M.D.)
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    Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/War & Military; *Non-fiction/Biography & Autobiography; *Non-fiction/History /Early Modern; *Non-fiction/Political Science

    Keywords that describe the book: Louis XIV, Isaac Newton, Voltaire, Whig, Henry Fielding, George I, George II, Robert Walpole, Joseph Addison, Tory, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Henry St. John 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Jacobite Rising of 1715, Richard Steele, Louis XV, South Sea Bubble, Queen Caroline, William Pitt Earl of Chatham, War of Jenkins' Ear, War of the Austrian Succession, The Forty-five, John Wesley, Bishop Berkeley, Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Last edited by pnagami on June 14th, 2020, 12:30 pm, edited 2 times in total.
"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

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Barbara2 has kindly consented to DPL this project.

Pam
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MW coming up.

edit: let me know if any changes are needed.
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Thank you, DaveC!

Pam
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Moving to Going Solo forum.
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Thank you, DaveC!

Pam
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Hi Barbara,

Section 1 is up:

19:10

https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/earlyhanoverians_01_morris_128kb.mp3

Thank you again for agreeing to DPL this project!

Pam
"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

Robert Louis Stevenson
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"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

Robert Louis Stevenson
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I'll get onto this ASAP. Time for bed now, though.

Best,

Barbara
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Sleep tight, Barbara.

Pam
"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

Robert Louis Stevenson
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pnagami wrote: January 23rd, 2020, 9:14 am Hi Barbara,

Section 1 is up:

19:10

https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/earlyhanoverians_01_morris_128kb.mp3

Thank you again for agreeing to DPL this project!

Pam
Section 1 is PL OK. It's interesting that my time at Librivox has given me enough background to have a fairish grasp of the European states and monarchs at the time of the Treaty of Utrecht!

Best,

Barbara
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Thanks, Barbara!

It's true. Since I joined Librivox all these friendly interconnected threads from the past have come to populate my consciousness.

Pam
"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

Robert Louis Stevenson
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pnagami wrote: January 28th, 2020, 11:26 am Hi Barbara,

Section 2 is up:

15:55

https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/earlyhanoverians_02_morris_128kb.mp3

My best,

Pam
PL OK. One of my other projects - "A Desirable Alien at Home in Germany" - contained salacious stories about the House of Hanover and it's all coming back to me. The author was gossipy and delighted in the macabre (more than I delighted in having to read!)

Best,

Barbara
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Thanks, Barbara!

And I wouldn’t put it past those Hanoverians.

Pam
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"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."

Robert Louis Stevenson
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