The World’s Story Volume VII: Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland
Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers
Eva March Tappan
(1,667 Sterne; 3 Bewertungen)
This is the seventh 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 VII include the stories from the Nibelungen saga of the Germans, masterpieces of the Dutch Painters and the famous apple-shooting episode from Schiller's drama William Tell. - Summary by Sonia
Cast list for The shot of William Tell:
Walter: Stoofy / William Tell: ToddHW / Friesshard: Foon / Leuth: Jim Locke / Sacristan: Aaron White / Rosselmann: TJ Burns / Furst: alanmapstone / Stauffacher: Nemo / Melchthal: Eva Davis / Peasants: Sandra Schmit / Women: Monika M.C. / Harras: Frédéric Surget / Gessler: Tomas Peter / Bertha: Devorah Allen / Rudenz: Philip Watson / Narrator: Sonia
Cast list for Tell's escape:
William Tell: Jim Locke / Fisherman: Tomas Peter / Narrator: Sonia (17 hr 12 min)
Chapters
Boniface and the oak of Thor (about 723), by the Right Rev. W. Pakenham Walsh
9:20
Read by Christina Close
Frederick of the Red Beard and the Pope (1177), from the old chronicles
11:02
Read by Joseph Barbaccia
Frederick Barbarossa at the feet of the Pope, by Albert Maignan (France, 1844-1…
2:14
Read by Alan Mapstone
The walled cities of Germany, by Sabine Baring-Gould, with the collaboration of…
8:35
Read by Colleen McMahon
John Gutenberg, inventor of printing (middle of the sixteenth century), by Eva …
6:30
Read by Jim Locke
Germany Part V: From the Reformation to the death of Frederick the Great: Histo…
3:27
Read by Alan Mapstone
The giant regiment of Frederick William I of Prussia (between 1713 and 1740), b…
11:39
Read by Greg Giordano
Frederick the Great and the First Silesian War (1740-1745), by Thomas Babington…
25:00
Read by Jim Locke
Morning prayers in the Bach family, by Toby Edward Rosenthal (American painter,…
2:20
Read by Tomas Peter
The oath at the grave of Frederick the Great (1806), by Louisa Mühlbach (Klara …
10:38
Read by Greg Giordano
Why the philosopher's letter was not mailed (1806), by Louisa Mühlbach (Klara M…
9:58
Read by April6090
William of Prussia proclaimed German Emperor at Versailles, by Anton von Werner…
2:33
Read by Alan Mapstone
The troubles of a correspondent in the Franco-Prussian War (1870), from "All th…
18:33
Read by Jim Locke
German wounded in the Gallery of Mirrors, Versailles, by Victor Bachereau-Rever…
3:15
Read by Alan Mapstone
Bismarck in the Reichstag and at home (about 1880), by George Makepeace Towle
19:54
Read by Jim Locke
Student life at the German universities (about 1900), by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
10:40
Read by Jim Locke
The Netherlands Part I: From the Roman conquest to the Reformation: Historical …
2:39
Read by Kristine Bekere
How Count William of Holland was made a knight (1247), from the old chronicles
5:54
Read by Jim Locke
How Philip van Artevelde was made Governor of Ghent (1386), by Sir John Froissa…
8:44
Read by Kirstin De Falco
The assassination of William the Silent (1584), by John Lothrop Motley
19:46
Read by Kirstin De Falco
The surrender of Breda, by Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velasquez (Spanish painter,…
2:29
Read by Alan Mapstone
When William III of England came home to his fatherland (1691), by Thomas Babin…
15:29
Read by Jim Locke
King Philip presenting Rubens to Velasquez, by Leon y Escosura (Spanish artist,…
2:03
Read by Tomas Peter
Rembrandt in his studio, by Jean Léon Gérôme (French artist, 1824-1904), painti…
2:18
Read by cathar maiden
The shot of William Tell (1307), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
22:32
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Bewertungen
BoyWonder
(4 Sterne)
I found this book’s stories and anecdotes quite interesting and informative. Once I became familiar with the disparate volunteer readers and their idiosyncrasies, like slow startup and then fluidity, different audio levels, etc. I looked forward to the book’s episodes. (Having passed books around to readers and also read on long car trips in my youth, I was trained to listen to the book, not the reader. I often listened again to episodes of this book to be able to remember the stories. A gold mine of anecdotes about the formation and histories of Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. Having traveled that region in my earlier life, I wish I’d known these anecdotes before traveling there. While listening to this book, I kept Google Earth handy in my iPhone to be able to geographically place the anecdotes on a map and pause the audio to explore castles, cities, mountains, and lakes. The series is a gem that will likely never be turned into a commercial audiobook series with a more professional presentation. I’m grateful to the amateur volunteers and LibriVox for making it available.
Another great piece of work utterly destroyed by a female reader
Nordic Hebrew.
(0,5 Sterne)