History's Greatest Speeches - The Complete Collection

By: Jesus Christ, Frederick Douglass, Eleanor Roosevelt, et al.

Narrated by: full cast

Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

The most profound and important speeches ever delivered are here collected in this anthology, featuring some of the most influential figures in world history. From ancient times to the American Revolution, from the days before slaves had been emancipated (or women had the vote) to as recently as this past century, Fort Raphael Publishing has gathered some of the most important and iconic speeches ever delivered and presents them here - with a biographical background for each speaker - in this complete collection.

This unique treasury of orations features all of the speeches from Volume One to Six of this series, each speech performed by the finest actors in America and each featuring immersive sound - including music and sound effects - to make the listener feel as if they were present when these speeches were first delivered.

This collection of powerful and moving speeches pays tribute to these great orators and to the words they used to inspire millions.

The narrators for this volume are Kevin Theis, Mike Nussbaum, Darren Stephens, Ronald Keaton, Barbara Robertson, Rosney Mauger, Diane Sintich, Will Chris, Siiri Scott, Paul Stroili, Sara Nichols, Brad Armacost, Ajay Naidu, Ted Koch, Nick Sandys, Lia Mortensen, Linda Kimbrough, Kelly Silva O'Rourke, Amir Abdullah, Casaundra Freeman, Allison Black, Jean Moran, Will Clinger, Devereau Chumrau, Charles Constant, Christopher W. Walsh, Joseph Wycoff, Marssie Mencotti, Joe Lauck, Robert Koon, Laurence Theis, Leo Henry, Chris Tiffany, Rochelle Young, Leandro Cano, AK Murtada, Ben Werling, and Tim Lee.

This is the final volume in this series.

©2021 Fort Raphael Publishing Company (P)2021 Kevin Theis

Some great speeches

I was generally disappointed with this collection of "greatest" speeches. I do not know who put together the list but many of the speeches, though given by important people at important times, were not very good speeches. The delivery for most of them was a bit theatrical and not in a good way. Mostly it was the amount of time given for some speeches versus others. Lincoln, perhaps our country's greatest orator, was only represented by his two-minute-long Gettysburg Address. He has at least three or four other speeches that are amongst the greatest in our history and yet are not provided. Some interminable speeches drag on for an hour and are, in my opinion, not very good. There are no speeches by Kennedy or Reagan. Where is FDR's "Live in Infamy" speech? The speech by Cato the Elder is a particularly strange choice. I would go elsewhere to find a better selection of speeches.

Ideology

Such a narrow spectrum. Where is Coolidge? Brian? Tim Houston? Eisenhower? Even Huey long ?
The collection is driven by some ideology with a little bit of window dressing in the form of Moses Pele. Thanks for the Patrick Henry, so Joyner, truth, Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass.. How come only the men have a gavel sounding?