Download Voices of the Powerless: Civil War: The Siege of Chester: Chester, Charles I and Oliver Cromwell AudioBook Free
Melvyn Bragg follows his long historical exploration of the Routes of English with 'Voices of the Powerless', the BBC Radio 4 series in which he explores the lives of the ordinary working women and men of Britain at critical moments across the last 1,000 years. At the beginning of his reign, King Charles I confronted a perennial problem for English monarchs, how to raise the money and resources had a need to wage battle. When Parliament didn't vote for the taxes needed, Charles attempted to impose taxation through customs dues and required loans, imprisoning those who refused to pay. This occurrence was initially broadcast in 2002.Guidance: due to the archive dynamics of the saving the sound quality can vary greatly.
