The Landleaguers


Read by Angel5

(4.2 stars; 12 reviews)

Near Galway, young Florian Jones has just converted to Catholicism when he witnesses the deliberate destruction of his English father’s land by the Catholic Landleaguers. The Irish Land War has commenced, with the boycotting of wealthy landowners and a brutal chain of revenge killings. This is the story of Florian, his father, his two beautiful sisters, his adult brother Frank, and Frank’s beloved Rachel, an American singer working the London stage with her firebrand father. It’s also the story of the social order coming apart and then painfully coming back together in one Irish county. The Landleaguers was Anthony Trollope’s last book and was not completed before he died in 1882, but proceeds far enough to be a touching and engrossing story and to leave the reader pretty certain of the outcome. - Summary by Angie (11 hr 53 min)

Chapters

Mr. Jones of Castle Morony 18:44 Read by Angel5
The Man in the Mask 16:16 Read by Angel5
Father Brosnan 17:05 Read by Angel5
Mr. Blake of Carnlough 11:49 Read by Angel5
Mr. O'Mahoney and His Daughter 15:37 Read by Angel5
Rachel and Her Lovers 14:36 Read by Angel5
Brown's 18:51 Read by Angel5
Christmas Day 1880 9:29 Read by Angel5
Black Daly 17:42 Read by Angel5
Ballytowngal 10:42 Read by Angel5
Moytubber 14:20 Read by Angel5
'Don't Hate Him, Ada' 12:29 Read by Angel5
Edith's Eloquence 10:21 Read by Angel5
Rachel's Correspondence 13:58 Read by Angel5
Captain Yorke Clayton 15:39 Read by Angel5
Captain Clayton Comes to the Castle 14:34 Read by Angel5
Rachel is Free 12:25 Read by Angel5
Frank Jones Has Ceased to Exist 20:22 Read by Angel5
Fifth Avenue and Newport 10:23 Read by Angel5
Boycotting 15:10 Read by Angel5
Lax, the Murderer 12:48 Read by Angel5
Morony Castle is Boycotted 13:27 Read by Angel5
Tom Daly is Boycotted 12:01 Read by Angel5
'From the Full Heart, the Mouth Speaks' 18:08 Read by Angel5
The Galway Ball 13:03 Read by Angel5
Lord Castlewell 19:20 Read by Angel5
How Funds Were Provided 16:04 Read by Angel5
What Was Not Done With the Funds 14:12 Read by Angel5
What Was Done With the Funds 18:38 Read by Angel5
The Road to Ballyglunin 13:47 Read by Angel5
The Galway Court House 13:22 Read by Angel5
Mr. O'Mahoney as Member of Parliament 14:30 Read by Angel5
Captain Clayton's Lovemaking 11:53 Read by Angel5
Lord Castlewell's Lovemaking 18:10 Read by Angel5
Mr. O'Mahoney's Apology 18:36 Read by Angel5
Rachel Writes About Her Lovers 11:21 Read by Angel5
Rachel Is Ill 14:44 Read by Angel5
Lord Castlewell is Much Troubled 14:30 Read by Angel5
Captain Clayton's First Triumph 17:25 Read by Angel5
Rachel Writes About Her Lovers 10:50 Read by Angel5
The State of Ireland 23:31 Read by Angel5
Lord Castlewell's Farewell 11:49 Read by Angel5
Mr. Moss Is Finally Answered 12:50 Read by Angel5
Frank Jones Comes Back Again 13:22 Read by Angel5
Mr. Robert Morrise 15:29 Read by Angel5
Cong 15:00 Read by Angel5
Kerrycullion 14:05 Read by Angel5
The New Aristocracy Fails 11:41 Read by Angel5
Chapter 49 and Postscript 8:40 Read by Angel5

Reviews

Well read; sad it wasn't finished


(4 stars)

Trollope wasn't able to complete this book, but what he did leave us was enough to thoroughly enjoy. The postscript at the end tells his intentions for the main characters, but it can pretty well be guessed at. The reader was very good. She does the Irish, British, and American accents, to my ears, equally well. There are some technical blips in the recordings - places where the microphone was rubbed or something - statics and distortions of that sort - but they don't last very long, so it's not too hard to dismiss them.

Great reader; great story


(5 stars)

Great reader; great story. Set me running to the history books and Wikipedia.