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Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

(1 Sterne; 1 Bewertungen)

Knowing the Egyptian as I know him, I cannot but think that he is greatly misunderstood, even by those who are sincerely anxious to befriend him. His faults and his failings are to be found at large in almost any of the scores of books that have of late years been written about him and his country; but, though not a few have given him credit for some of his more salient good points, yet none that I have seen have shown any just appreciation of him as he really is. (From the Preface) (10 hr 9 min)

Chapters

00 - Preface

2:52

Read by April Gonzales

01 - The Story of One Hundred Years

18:57

Read by Graham McMillan

02 - Links with the Past

17:38

Read by Graham McMillan

03 - The Dawn of the New Period

19:48

Read by Graham McMillan

04 - A Council of State

24:18

Read by Graham McMillan

05 - The Proclamation that Failed

21:27

Read by Graham McMillan

06 - A Long March and a Short Battle

21:31

Read by Graham McMillan

07 - After the Battle

21:50

Read by Graham McMillan

08 - Victors and Vanquished

28:09

Read by Graham McMillan

09 - The Gathering of a Storm

31:24

Read by Graham McMillan

10 - The Bursting of the Storm

32:38

Read by Graham McMillan

11 - After the Storm

48:32

Read by Gabriela Cowan

12 - Peace without Honour

41:54

Read by Gabriela Cowan

13 - The Siege of Cairo

26:16

Read by Graham McMillan

14 - The Price of Peace

32:34

Read by Graham McMillan

15 - An Ungrateful People

22:08

Read by Graham McMillan

16 - Mahomed Ali and his Successors

28:42

Read by Graham McMillan

17 - Fachoda and After

23:51

Read by Graham McMillan

18 - Healthy Influences

51:16

Read by Gabriela Cowan

19 - Unhealthy Influences

33:27

Read by Graham McMillan

20 - More Unhealthy Influences

33:24

Read by Graham McMillan

21 - To-day and To-morrow

26:29

Read by Graham McMillan

Bewertungen

(1 Sterne)

I understand that some people use Libravox, those that read as volunteers, as a platform to learn and better there language skills but does it not matter if one can actually read to a reasonable standard? I am afraid that the lady who offers her reading skills to Bonaparte in Egypt is just unbearable to listen to. It actually sounds like two people reading at the same time, one being a Cockney who fancies their chances with the nouns and the vowels being left to a Chinese person. You can do better than this surely? And who in earth makes the decisions as to who gets the chance to read what? Some creativity or just basic common sense is much needed from those who allow whoever to read whatever. A stern and thourough voice is needed for such a book as this, and dare I say it" but the voice of a male. Sorry for being harsh but such an unnecessary let down.