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Westminster Alice Audiobook
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Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day trial at http://hotaudiobook.com/free/303085 Title: Westminster Alice Author: Saki Narrator: Ruth Golding Format: Unabridged Length: 55 mins Language: English Release date: 2017-01-01 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: History, Europe Publisher's Summary: Published five years before John Kendrick Bangs had the same idea with Alice in Blunderland, Saki, in his 1902 series of satirical articles, takes an Alice in Wonderland view of British politics, which Alice finds even stranger than events in Wonderland. In all honesty, owing to its extremely topical nature this political satire hasn't worn well, which explains why it has virtually sunk without trace. To appreciate it at all, it's really rather necessary to understand the topical references. I am no historian, least of all a political historian, but I have researched it as well as I can, and made some notes in an attempt to put the events and characters into their political context for the listener. My notes may be