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Richard I

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(3,873 Sterne; 79 Bewertungen)

There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. Consequently, great historical names alone are selected; and it has been the writer's aim to present the prominent and leading traits in their characters, and all the important events in their lives, in a bold and free manner, and yet in the plain and simple language which is so obviously required in works which aim at permanent and practical usefulness. This volume is dedicated to Richard I. (Summary from the preface of the book) (6 hr 26 min)

Chapters

King Richard's Mother

27:23

Read by Andrew Wilson

Richard's Early Life

21:36

Read by Andrew Wilson

Fair Rosamond

15:35

Read by Andrew Wilson

Accession of Richard to the Throne

17:32

Read by Andrew Wilson

The Coronation

12:31

Read by Andrew Wilson

Preparations for the Crusade

14:37

Read by Andrew Wilson

The Embarkation

20:14

Read by Ernst Pattynama

King Richard at Messina

30:33

Read by Laura Caldwell

Berengaria

20:37

Read by Alana Jordan

The Campaign in Cyprus

28:59

Read by Alana Jordan

Voyage to Acre

10:29

Read by Federica

The Arrival at Acre

10:15

Read by Alana Jordan

Difficulties

6:07

Read by Glenn Simonsen

The Fall of Acre

25:07

Read by Andrew Wilson

Progress of the Crusade

23:56

Read by Andrew Wilson

Reverses

24:40

Read by Andrew Wilson

The Old Man of the Mountain

21:52

Read by Andrew Wilson

The Battle of Jaffa

13:53

Read by Sibella Denton

The Truce

8:32

Read by Sibella Denton

The Departure from Palestine

7:17

Read by Sibella Denton

Richard Made Captive

10:32

Read by Sibella Denton

The Return to England

14:19

Read by Sibella Denton

Bewertungen

(1 Sterne)

I couldn't even finish the first chapter. The accent of the reader is giving me headaches. English is only my second language therefore I'm not used to such accents. The book is interesting but it has to be read by someone with a more universally comprehensible English accent

Enjoyable and well read

(4 Sterne)

The book is enjoyable to listen to an certainly paints a good picture of Richard and his adventurous and colorful character. For a biography the book is often quite hostile to it's subject though particularly when it comes to the crusades. it always amazes when people uncritically condemn the crusades as predatory while completely ignoring the contemporary Muslim aggression such as piracy and slave raids (not to mention the previous centuries of all out war) There are also a few anachronisms which are to be expected in a book as old as this. Such as the fact that armor is portrayed as Incredibly impractical and heavy listening to this you also get the impression that Richard and his knights were walking around in full plate armor when of course chainmail was the order of the day. The main reader is excellent and there are only one or two chapters read by others which are a bit more difficult to listen to but overall very enjoyable.

Awful reading in places

(4 Sterne)

Good book, apart from the lack of dates?!? Not a great reading, but it is listenable. My understanding is that the readers are volunteers and the books are free to listen to, so I can not complain. Would recommend.

(3 Sterne)

First few chapters were difficult to listen to because of the lip smacking. Not the best of this series but still worth a listen.

(5 Sterne)

Enjoyed listening to this book. Full of interesting facts about the times and also the crusades. Thsnk you, readers.

voyage to acre was terrible

(2 Sterne)

i dont want to be mean, but that chapter was practically unlistenable

(2 Sterne)

I’ve liked abbots other books, but this one not so much. I liked the readers.

Damn thing can't even do anything

(1 Sterne)