United Kingdom House of Lords Speeches Collection

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Political Science, Literary Collections

Authors: Various In Year : 1956

Book Language: English

Audiobook: United Kingdom House of Lords Speeches Collection

Speech on impeachment for High Treason, 1641
Speech on the French purchase of Corsica, 1770
Speech on the American War of Independence, 1777
Speech on the Frame-work Bill, 1812
Speech on the Corn Laws, 1846
Speech in defence of actions at Balaclava, 1855
Speech on the atomic bomb, 1945

This collection comprises recordings of seven historic speeches given to the UK House of Lords between 1641 and 1945. Readings are of speeches originally given by the 1st Earl of Strafford (Thomas Wentworth), the 1st Earl of Chatham (William Pitt the Elder), the 6th Baron Byron (the poet Lord Byron), the 1st Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley), the 3rd Earl of Lucan (George Lord Bingham) and the 3rd Earl Russell (the philosopher Bertrand Russell). (Summary by Carl Manchester)