Audiobook sample, A History of England

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Language

English

Voice Age

Middle Aged (35-54)

Accents

North American (General)

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He was intensely german in all of his ideas and prejudices. He could not speak a word of english, nor had he the slightest knowledge of the power and social state of the kingdom he was called upon to govern. Being a very cautious man, he had never thought himself secure of the english crown, and now that he had obtained it, he had always looked upon it as a precarious piece of property that might someday be taken from him. He was convinced that he might at any moment be forced to return to his native handover, so he did not attempt to make himself at home on this side of the North Sea.