The Book of Famous Sieges


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History is dominated by war, battles, and sieges. Our history books are full of these. But history books usually don't explain sieges in such an accessible and at times entertaining way as Tudor Jenks manages in this 1909 volume. The text and explanations are directed at children, but interested adults will profit from them in the same way. - Summary by Carolin (6 hr 34 min)

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Preface 4:30 Gelesen von Daniel Sagner
The Taking of Cities 9:53 Gelesen von Tommy Hersant
The First Period 6:29 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
A Siege in the Earliest Times 17:20 Gelesen von Liam Young
The Siege of Troy 16:31 Gelesen von Tommy Hersant
The Siege of Babylon, 538 BC 11:50 Gelesen von Steven Seitel
The Siege of Plataea, 429 BC 16:18 Gelesen von Steven Seitel
The Second Period 7:28 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
The Siege of Tyre, 327 BC 15:50 Gelesen von Dan Ficklin
The Siege of Saguntum, 219 BC 8:54 Gelesen von Steven Seitel
The Siege of Syracuse, 214 BC 6:40 Gelesen von Steven Seitel
Siege of Alesia, 52 BC 22:58 Gelesen von Steven Seitel
Jerusalem, 70 AD 23:22 Gelesen von Elsie Selwyn
The Third Period 6:24 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Constantinople, about 717 AD 18:30 Gelesen von Colleen McMahon
Siege of Paris in 885 10:03 Gelesen von AlosLovecraft
Siege of Antioch, 1097 AD 21:25 Gelesen von Colleen McMahon
The Fourth Period 4:45 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Siege of Orleans in 1428 23:27 Gelesen von Steven Seitel
The Fall of Constantinople, 1453 13:08 Gelesen von jenno
The Siege of Rhodes, 1522 29:31 Gelesen von jenno
The Fifth Period 3:12 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
The Siege of Gibraltar, 1783 15:20 Gelesen von Jon Scott Jones
The Siege of Antwerp, 1832 13:32 Gelesen von Jon Scott Jones
The Siege of Vicksburg, 1863 19:55 Gelesen von Elsie Selwyn
The Siege of Paris, 1870 17:59 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
The Siege of Port Arthur, 1904 29:09 Gelesen von jenno