Download A History of England, Volume 2: The Tudors and the Stuarts: 1485 - 1688 AudioBook Free
Cyril Robinson's impressive history continues with level two in this four-part series. We have now follow the fortunes of two great royal dynasties: Tudor and Stuart. Great labels from England's past tumble out one after the other. Henry VIII takes the English out of the Catholic flip. His little princess, Elizabeth, defeats the Spanish Armada of 1588. The arrogance of Charles I leads him to the scaffold. Civil Warfare and Puritanism follow, led by the intrepid Oliver Cromwell. Charles II returns triumphantly in 1661 and leads England into the Repair period. But the feckless James II handles to get himself chased out of England. The quantity ends with the accession of William of Orange and the resurgence of Protestant representative administration. Democracy finally profits a permanent foothold in England.
