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World's Story Volume V: Italy, France, Spain and Portugal

This is the fifth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part V include Italian painters and poets, the French Revolution, the Spanish Inquisition and Portuguese explorers. - Summary by Sonia

Cast list for A supposed street scene in Verona in the fourteenth century:
Gregory: Nemo / Sampson: Tomas Peter / Abraham: Monika M.C. / Benvolio: Eva Davis / Tybalt: Son of the Exiles / First Citizen: SaraHale / Capulet: Jim Locke / Lady Capulet: Foon / Montague: Larry Wilson / Lady Montague: Devorah Allen / Prince of Verona: alanmapstone / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for The coming of the Maid of Orléans:
Earl Dunois: Monika M.C. / Johanna: Eva Davis / King Charles: Tomas Peter / Archbishop: Nemo / Hire: alanmapstone / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for Cardinal Richelieu and his enemy:
Richelieu: Foon / Julie: Monika M.C. / Huguet: Eva Davis / De Mauprat: Tomas Peter / Joseph: Nemo / Narrator: Sonia

Year of Publication: 1914Genres: Art, Design & Architecture , War & Military Fiction , War & Military , Historical Fiction

Running Time: 18 hours 54 minutes 31 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Friedland, 1807, by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (France, 1815-1891), painting, frontispiece Sonia	3:01
2	Italy Part I: In mediaeval times: Historical note Sonia	2:50
3	The coming of Charlemagne (774), by Gustave Masson Sonia	6:19
4	How Rome was defended from the Saracens (848), by Archibald Bower Sonia	5:02
5	The story of Gregory the Great (1050-1085), by Louise Creighton Sonia	7:36
6	Excommunicated, by Jean Paul Laurens (French painter, 1838), painting p. 12 Sonia	2:36
7	St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226), by Eva March Tappan Devorah Allen	6:43
8	The sermon of St. Francis, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Nemo	2:12
9	A day in Florence, in the thirteenth century, by Guido Biagi Jim Locke	12:46
10	Italy Part II: Dante and his age: Historical note Monika M. C.	2:57
11	Dante's vision of Heaven (1265-1321), by Norley Chester Monika M. C.	7:29
12	Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374), by Eva March Tappan Jim Locke	6:27
13	Pope Boniface defies his assailants, by Albert Maignan (France, 1844-1908), painting p. 36 Alan Mapstone	2:23
14	A supposed street scene in Verona in the fourteenth century, by William Shakespeare Alan Mapstone	7:12
15	The rule of Rienzi (1347-1354), by Edward Bulwer-Lytton Pier	16:57
16	The flagellants, by Carl Marr (American painter, 1858), painting p. 48 Foon	2:35
17	Italy Part III: The Renaissance: Historical note Roger Melin	2:53
18	How the doges of Venice were chosen, from the old chronicles Lynda Marie Neilson	8:22
19	The burning of the vanities (1497), by George Eliot April6090	14:18
20	Benvenuto Cellini, a goldsmith of the sixteenth century (1500-1571), by Alexandre Dumas Jim Locke	17:36
21	Galileo before the Inquisition, by Joseph Nicholas Robert-Fleury (French painter, 1792-1890), painting p. 72 Alan Mapstone	2:33
22	The Bridge of Sighs, by Lord Byron Nemo	1:10
23	Italy Part IV: Stories of the Italian artists: Historical note Roger Melin	2:57
24	Cimabue, the father of painting (1240-1302), by Clara Erskine Clement Jim Locke	3:34
25	Giotto and his ''O'' (1276-1336), by Clara Erskine Clement Tomas Peter	4:45
26	Stories of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), by Giorgio Vasari Devorah Allen	19:30
27	Padre Bandelli proses to the duke Ludovico Sforza about Leonardo da Vinci, by William Wetmore Story Lynda Marie Neilson	8:48
28	Michael Angelo and Pope Julius II (1506-1512), by Anna Jameson Jim Locke	8:40
29	Michael Angelo and Raphael in the Vatican, by Horace Vernet (France, 1789-1863), painting p. 102 Alan Mapstone	3:03
30	Raphael and his critic (1483-1520), by Giorgio Vasari Jim Locke	7:06
31	Vasari's memories of Titian (1477-1576), by Giorgio Vasari Jim Locke	7:24
32	Italy Part V: Modern Italy: Historical note April6090	2:47
33	When Napoleon crossed the Alps (1800), by John S. C. Abbott Jim Locke	26:43
34	How Italy became a united country (1848-1861), by Louise Creighton April6090	9:37
35	The forced recruit, Solferino, 1859, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning April6090	2:32
36	Garibaldi and his prisoner (1860), by Felicia Buttz Clark April6090	8:08
37	France Part I: In the dark ages: Historical note J. M. Smallheer	2:39
38	The Christmas of 496, by J. C. Bateman Jim Locke	22:17
39	The famous victory of Charles Martel (732), by A. W. Grube Jim Locke	4:43
40	The lament of Charlemagne for Roland (about 780), translated by Isabel Butler Jim Locke	8:55
41	Charlemagne, emperor of the West (800), by A. W. Grube Jim Locke	11:05
42	Rollo the Viking (885), by Eva March Tappan Jim Locke	6:56
43	Saint Louis opening the prisons of his realm, by Luc Olivier Merson (French painter, 1846-), painting p. 172 Foon	2:47
44	France Part II: Stories of the Hundred Years' War: Historical note J. M. Smallheer	2:30
45	The battle of Crécy (1346), by Sir John Froissart Ulrike Denis	10:23
46	How Queen Philippa saved the burghers (1347), by Sir John Froissart Colleen McMahon	7:44
47	The coming of the Maid of Orléans (1428) by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Alan Mapstone	12:24
48	Coronation of Charles VII at Rheims, by Jules Eugène Lenepveu (from a painting in the Pantheon at Paris), painting p. 192 Lynda Marie Neilson	2:51
49	The death of Jeanne d'Arc (1431), by Mary Rogers Bangs Jim Locke	10:20
50	France Part III: France under the Valois kings: Historical note J. M. Smallheer	1:47
51	Where Louis XI said his prayers (about 1483), by Victor Hugo Jim Locke	31:57
52	Anne of Brittany and her court (1476-1514), by Catherine Charlotte thestorygirl	12:06
53	The death of the chevalier Bayard (1524), from the old chronicles Jim Locke	6:10
54	Francis I and Charles V in St. Denis, by Antoine Jean Gros (French artist, 1771-1835), painting p. 226 Lynda Marie Neilson	2:51
55	King Francis I and the goldsmith (1540), by Benvenuto Cellini Colleen McMahon	12:39
56	France Part IV: The house of Bourbon: Historical note J. M. Smallheer	2:12
57	The battle of Ivry (1590), by Thomas Babington Macaulay Colleen McMahon	5:23
58	Henry IV and Marie de Médici, by Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish painter, 1574-1642), painting p. 240 Foon	2:16
59	Cardinal Richelieu and his enemy (about 1640), by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton Monika M. C.	22:09
60	In the days of the Fronde (1648), by Alexandre Dumas Jim Locke	23:04
61	The death of Louis XIV (1715), by Julie Pardoe Jim Locke	11:19
62	Louis XIV and Molière, by Jean Léon Gérôme (French painter, born 1824, died 1904), painting p. 270 Tomas Peter	2:10
63	France Part V: On the eve of the French Revolution: Historical note J. M. Smallheer	2:25
64	When Marie Antoinette entered Paris (1773) April6090	2:41
65	How the queen was served, by Madame Campan Foon	2:07
66	The wardrobe of Marie Antoinette, by Madame Campan April6090	5:53
67	The fall of the Bastille (1789), by Alexandre Dumas Colleen McMahon	13:06
68	The flight of Louis XVI (1791), by Charles Duke Yonge Jim Locke	20:12
69	The Marseillaise (1792), by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle Alan Mapstone	4:33
70	France Part VI: The reign of Terror: Historical note J. M. Smallheer	2:42
71	The execution of Louis XVI (1793), by Edmond Biré Colleen McMahon	13:37
72	Marie Antoinette in the Conciergerie, by Charles Louis Müller (French painter, 1815-1892), painting p. 316 Hypatia	2:35
73	In the revolt of the Vendée (1793), by Victor Hugo April6090	16:13
74	Girondists on their way to the guillotine, by Karl Theodor von Piloty (German artist, 1826-1886), painting p. 326 Hypatia	2:24
75	At the guillotine, by Charles Dickens Sonia	12:21
76	The fall of Robespierre (1794), by Thomas Carlyle Jim Locke	23:31
77	France Part VII: Napoleon Bonaparte: Historical note Hypatia	1:52
78	The eighteenth Brumaire, by François Bouchot (French artist, 1800-1842), painting p. 347 Alan Mapstone	2:57
79	The battle of Eylau (1807), by Isaac McLellan Alan Mapstone	4:39
80	The retreat from Moscow (1812), by Victor Hugo April6090	5:15
81	The retreat from Moscow, by Adolphe Yvon (French painter, 1817-1893), painting p. 352 Alan Mapstone	3:33
82	The coming of Louis XVIII (1814), by Louisa Mühlbach fishfish	9:00
83	The return of Napoleon from Elba (1815), by Anonymous Availle	10:36
84	When Napoleon returned from Elba (1815), by Napoleon Bonaparte Devorah Allen	2:41
85	Waterloo (1815), by Victor Hugo April6090	35:42
86	Evening of the battle of Waterloo, by Ernest Crofts (English painter, 1847), painting p. 384 Alan Mapstone	2:48
87	The death of Napoleon (1821), by Isaac McLellan Alan Mapstone	3:02
88	France Part VIII: The Franco-Prussian War: Historical note J. M. Smallheer	1:43
89	The white flag of Sedan (1870), by Emile Zola Jim Locke	22:30
90	One day under the Commune (1871), by John Leighton Jim Locke	22:10
91	The defense of Champigny, by Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille (born in Paris, 1848), painting p. 406 Lynda Marie Neilson	1:41
92	The soldiers' dream, by Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille (French artist, 1848), painting p. 418 Lynda Marie Neilson	2:43
93	Spain Part I: Under the Romans and the Moors: Historical note Hypatia	2:00
94	The sacrifice of the people of Saguntum (219 B.C.) by Mrs M. G. Quincy Sleeper Hypatia	10:50
95	The white hind of Sertorius (about 80 B.C.), by Plutarch Devorah Allen	4:46
96	The challenge of Paulus (about 672 A.D.), by Paulus Lynda Marie Neilson	2:46
97	King Roderick and the magic tower (709 A.D.), an ancient legend related by Washington Irving April6090	20:28
98	Diego Perez, ''the Pounder'', from an old Spanish ballad, translated by J. G. Lockhart Foon	3:22
99	The Cid and the leper (eleventh century), an old Spanish ballad, translated by J. G. Lockhart Tomas Peter	5:02
100	Spain Part II: The reign of Ferdinand and Isabella: Historical note Hypatia	1:20
101	The elopment of Ferdinand and Isabella (1469), by John S. C. Abbott Adam Santoni	8:48
102	Torquemada and the catholic king, by Jean Paul Laurens (French artist, 1838), painting p. 458 Hypatia	2:16
103	The surrender of Granada (1492), by Washington Irving Availle	14:15
104	The governor of the Alhambra and the notary, by Washington Irving Jim Locke	15:07
105	A glimpse of Columbus in Spain (1492), by James Fenimore Cooper realisticspeakers	16:58
106	Columbus at the court of Spain, by Vacslav Brozik (Bohemian artist, 1851-1901), painting p. 482 Hypatia	2:02
107	The return of Columbus (1493), by Washington Irving Adam Santoni	6:29
108	Spain Part III: Spain at the height of her power: Historical note Hypatia	1:28
109	The first voyage around the World, by Eva March Tappan realisticspeakers	7:15
110	The abdication of Charles (1556), by William H. Prescott Lynda Marie Neilson	12:30
111	The Escurial, by Théophile Gautier, translated by C. F. Bates Alan Mapstone	2:43
112	The knight of the windmills, by Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) April6090	16:16
113	Captain Cuellar of the Armada and his troubles (1588), by James Anthony Froude Hypatia	15:31
114	Spain Part IV: The period of decline: Historical note April6090	2:27
115	Velasquez, the greatest of Spanish painters (1599-1660), by Mrs M. G. Quincy Sleeper April6090	5:37
116	Spanish home life in the seventeenth century, by Mrs M. G. Quincy Sleeper April6090	10:06
117	The queen and her superintendent, by Mrs M. G. Quincy Sleeper Lynda Marie Neilson	17:34
118	The crossing of the Douro (1809), by Charles Lever cathar maiden	24:29
119	Portugal Part I: The age of chivalry: Historical note April6090	1:23
120	How the first king of Portugal won his kingdom (1139-1185), by Oswald Crawfurd Leni	18:23
121	The penance of a prince (about 1240), by Edward McMurdo April6090	4:55
122	The coronation of Inez de Castro (about 1347), by Felicia D. Hemans Larry Wilson	5:39
123	The betrothal of Princess Philippa (1385), by Sir John Froissart Hypatia	11:59
124	A joust at the court of Portugal (about 1400), by Sir John Froissart Hypatia	9:19
125	Portugal Part II: Exploration and discovery: Historical note April6090	1:27
126	Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460), by John Fiske Lynda Marie Neilson	4:33
127	The search for Prester John (1486), by John Fiske Leni	7:16
128	The first voyage to India (1497), by William H. G. Kingston Leni	21:59
129	How Portugal opened commerce with India (1498), by Jules Verne Angelique G. Campbell	14:17
130	The speech of Vasco da Gama to the king of Calicut (1498), by Luis de Camoëns Jim Locke	5:44
131	Portugal Part III: The last four centuries: Historical note April6090	2:06
132	The departure of King Sebastian (1578), an old Spanish ballad, translated by J. G. Lockhart Tomas Peter	5:03
133	The earthquake at Lisbon (1755), by Rev. Charles Davy April6090	20:07
134	A Portuguese shooting party (1880), by Oswald Crawfurd Sonia	11:36