English History Tudors

Through his newspaper, The Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison opposed slavery for 35 years. The policy of the paper was established in the first issue with Garrison's editorial "To the Public", in which he stated that he would "strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population".

“Truisms” by the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison consists of a list of hypocritical ideas about slavery. For Garrison, earlier writers had been too lenient condemning slavery. This is a unique way of showing how slavery is wrong and immoral in multiple ways.

Lady Jane Grey never wanted the crown. She barely had time to wear it. While history remembers her reign in days, this short book remembers the girl. Lady Jane Grey was only 16 when she was handed the throne of England like a poisoned chalice. Sharp-witted, highly educated, and utterly unprepared for royal life, Jane found herself thrust into the deadliest game the Tudors ever played. Nine days later, it was all over... except the part where they lopped off her head.

Do you know the main difference between the diet of a Tudor nobleman and that of a peasant? What was it that changed Henry VIII from an active and pleasant young man into a vastly overweight tyrant? What did a gong farmer do? And what was the purpose of a whipping boy? In this excellent audiobook, narrator Jason Zenobia answers all these questions and more as he talks us through over 100 amazing facts about the Tudors.

The original recounting of the events from Sir Francis Drake himself. Listen to Drake's piratical raid on the Spanish Main and the various battle and adventures therein.