The World’s Story Volume VI: Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Balkan States and Tur…


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This is the sixth 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 VI include the Russian Empire, the fights for independence in Hungary and the Balkan states and the politics of early Turkey. - Summary by Sonia

Cast list for Wallenstein and the cuirassiers:
Terzky: alanmapstone / Wallenstein: Foon / Anspessade: Tomas Peter / Second Cuirassier: Eva Davis / Third Cuirassier: Monika M.C. / Butler: Nemo / Narrator: Sonia (16 hr 37 min)

Chapitres

Skirmish between cossacks and the imperial bodyguard, by Jean Baptiste Edouard … 2:00 Lu par Sonia
Russia Part I: Folk-tales and early history: Historical note 2:38 Lu par Sonia
The imp and the crust, by Count Leo Tolstoy 8:27 Lu par Sonia
The story of iron and the poison water, from the Kalevala 7:20 Lu par Sonia
The country and customs of the Scythians (fifth century B.C.), by Herodotus 15:31 Lu par Sonia
The vengeance of Queen Olga (about 945), from the chronicle of Nestor 9:24 Lu par Jim Locke
Vladimir in search of a religion (about 988), by John S. C. Abbott 10:56 Lu par Jim Locke
Russia Part II: In the days of Ivan the Terrible: Historical note 2:50 Lu par Alan Mapstone
How Russia was freed from the Tartars (1480), by John S. C. Abbott 10:32 Lu par Jim Locke
Ivan the Terrible (1533-1584), by Frances A. Shaw 14:46 Lu par Jim Locke
Life at the Setch (fifteenth century), by Nikolai V. Gogol 23:11 Lu par Jim Locke
The false Czar (1605), by Frances A. Shaw 18:45 Lu par Jim Locke
The kremlin of Moscow, by Bayard Taylor 17:10 Lu par Jim Locke
Russia Part III: Peter the Great: Historical note 3:02 Lu par Alan Mapstone
A morning with Peter the Great (early in the eighteenth century), by Dmitri Mer… 17:08 Lu par Jim Locke
How St. Petersburg was built (1703), by John S. C. Abbott 4:28 Lu par Tomas Peter
A supposed letter from an English architect (1715), by Maurice Baring 14:51 Lu par Colleen McMahon
Russia Part IV: From Catherine the Great to the invasion of Napoleon: Historica… 2:28 Lu par Kristine Bekere
A day with Catherine the Great (1794), by Adrian Moyseevich Gribovski 13:09 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Borodino (1812), by Alexander Sergeyevitch Pushkin 5:55 Lu par Nemo
The burning of Moscow, by Louis Adolph Thiers 8:21 Lu par Colleen McMahon
The crossing of the Beresina river (1812), by John S. C. Abbott 10:01 Lu par Colleen McMahon
Passage of the Beresina, by J. H. Van Papendrecht, painting p. 130 2:13 Lu par Tomas Peter
Russia Part V: Poland: Historical note 3:04 Lu par Foon
The surrender of Kamenyetz (1672), by Henryk Sienkiewicz 20:51 Lu par Jim Locke
Poland or Russia ? (1793), by Jane Porter 15:37 Lu par April6090
The division of Poland, by Sir Edwin Arnold 3:29 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The revolt in Warsaw, 1861, by Joseph Nicholas Robert-Fleury (French painter, 1… 2:50 Lu par Foon
Russia Part VI: Siberia: Historical note 2:12 Lu par Tomas Peter
The conquest of Siberia (1579-1584), by Count Leo Tolstoy 24:22 Lu par tovarisch
Yermak, a folk-song 3:33 Lu par Tomas Peter
How pardon was won for an exile (1808), by Madame Sophie Risteau Cottin 10:03 Lu par Devorah Allen
On the march to Siberia (nineteenth century), by Baroness M. De Packh 9:04 Lu par April6090
A Kirghis warrior, by Vasili Vasilevich Vereshchagin (Russia, 1842-1904), paint… 2:24 Lu par cathar maiden
In a Tartar tent (about 1909), by Lindon Bates, Jr. 17:49 Lu par Colleen McMahon
Russia Part VII: A coronation and three wars: Historical note 3:20 Lu par Foon
The coronation of Alexander II (1855), by Count von Moltke 10:54 Lu par Colleen McMahon
The emancipation of the serfs (1861), by Hezekiah Butterworth 3:59 Lu par cathar maiden
The taking of the village (an incident of the war of 1877 with Turkey), by Vsye… 12:24 Lu par tovarisch
The capture of a redoubt (an incident of the war of 1877 with Turkey), by Vasil… 18:02 Lu par tovarisch
Coaling at sea (1905), by Commander Vladimir Semenoff, of the Imperial Russian … 18:24 Lu par tovarisch
Russia Part VIII: Life in modern Russia: Historical note 1:58 Lu par Tomas Peter
The races on the Neva river (1870), by Théophile Gautier 9:59 Lu par techpsalti
A little Jewish girl in Russia, by Mary Antin 9:26 Lu par April6090
The fair of Nijni-Novgorod, by Edna Dean Proctor 3:00 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Austria-Hungary Part I: From the Tartar invasion to the Reformation: Historical… 2:40 Lu par Availle
The coming of the Tartars (1240), by Louis Felbermann 7:00 Lu par Jim Locke
How Rudolf the First became Emperor (1273), by John S. C. Abbott 15:39 Lu par Jim Locke
Stories of Rudolf, founder of the house of Hapsburg (thirteenth century), by Wi… 10:34 Lu par Jim Locke
How Naumburg was saved, by Jaroslav Cermak (Bohemian artist, - 1878), painting … 1:35 Lu par Foon
The deliverance of Prague (1420), by E. H. Gillett 16:36 Lu par Colleen McMahon
A funeral menu of the sixteenth century (1509), from the old chronicles 4:50 Lu par Nemo
The emperor Maximilian receiving the Venetian embassy, by Karl Ludwig Friedrich… 2:48 Lu par Nemo
Austria-Hungary Part II: The religious wars of the seventeenth century: Histori… 2:10 Lu par Availle
The devastation of St. Vitus's church (1619-1620), by Marie Hay 16:27 Lu par Colleen McMahon
Wallenstein, the deposed general (1630), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schi… 7:19 Lu par Sonia
Wallenstein and the cuirassiers (1634), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schil… 14:57 Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
How John Sobieski saved Vienna from the Turks (1683), by John S. C. Abbott 10:06 Lu par realisticspeakers
Austria-Hungary Part III: From Maria Theresa to the downfall of Napoleon: Histo… 2:59 Lu par Availle
How Maria Theresa of Austria became King (1740), by John S. C. Abbott 11:20 Lu par April6090
The command of Maria Theresa, by John S. C. Abbott 11:29 Lu par Larry Wilson
Hohenlinden (1800), by Thomas Campbell 2:45 Lu par Monika M. C.
The battle of Austerlitz (1805), by John S. C. Abbott 5:24 Lu par Tomas Peter
How the French honored Joseph Haydn (1805), by ''Louisa Mühlbach'' (Klara M. Mu… 10:38 Lu par Nemo
Andreas Hofer rallying the Tyrolean mountaineers, by Franz von Defregger (Austr… 2:16 Lu par Monika M. C.
Austria-Hungary Part IV: The nineteenth century: Historical note 2:27 Lu par Availle
After the battle of Szolnok (1849), by Maurus Jókai 18:25 Lu par Jim Locke
The unlucky weathercock (1849), by Maurus Jókai 12:22 Lu par Jim Locke
Kossuth's farewell (1849) 5:57 Lu par Sonia
The salt mines of Wieliczka (1850), by Bayard Taylor 12:09 Lu par ToddHW
Austria-Hungary Part V: Stories and poems of Bohemia, Hungary, and the Tyrol: H… 1:31 Lu par Tomas Peter
The dog and the wolf, a Bohemian folk-tale, retold by Theodor Vernaleken 7:29 Lu par April6090
The poor man and the king of the crows, a Magyar folk-tale, retold by Jeremiah … 21:39 Lu par Devorah Allen
St. Kümmerniss, a legend of the Tyrol 5:39 Lu par Nemo
The legend of St. Kümmerniss, by François Joseph Heim (French artist, 1787-1865… 1:22 Lu par Nemo
Stories of the gypsies 12:42 Lu par April6090
Two Magyar poems 5:09 Lu par Foon
A Csikos race, by Alexander Wagner (Hungarian artist, 1838), painting p. 408 2:02 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Balkan States: Historical note 3:22 Lu par Nemo
Marko and the Turks (fifteenth century), an old Servian ballad 7:21 Lu par Sonia
Montenegro, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 2:01 Lu par Alan Mapstone
An attack on the Bashi-Bazouks (1907), by Arthur D. Howden Smith 28:36 Lu par Jim Locke
Herzegovinians returning to a village sacked by the Bashi-Bazouks, by Jaroslav … 2:24 Lu par Nemo
The siege of Adrianople (1912), by Philip Gibbs 8:45 Lu par April6090
The flight from Lule-Burgas (1912), by Bernard Grant 19:07 Lu par Jim Locke
Turkey Part I: To the capture of Constantinople: Historical note 3:04 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Constantinople, a city built to order (fourth century), by Edward Gibbon 11:40 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The coming of the comet (1402), by Maurus Jókai 19:16 Lu par ToddHW
Scanderbeg (about 1450), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 7:29 Lu par cathar maiden
The fall of Constantinople (1453), by Edward Gibbon 15:51 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Turkey Part II: Turkey at the height of her power: Historical note 2:35 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The tribute of children, by Anonymous 6:06 Lu par Tomas Peter
The little Janizary (about 1453), by James M. Ludlow 19:04 Lu par Jim Locke
The surrender of Rhodes (1522), by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine 11:28 Lu par realisticspeakers
A visit to the wife of Solyman the Magnificent (sixteenth century), translated … 3:34 Lu par Sonia
Dining with the Sultana (1718), by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 7:58 Lu par April6090
Turkey Part III: The sick man of Europe: Historical note 2:31 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The last of the Janizaries (1826), by Maurus Jókai 19:28 Lu par realisticspeakers
The muezzin, by Jean Léon Gérôme (French artist, 1824-1904), painting p. 528 2:54 Lu par Alan Mapstone
''The House of Fear'' (1908), by Francis McCullagh 21:19 Lu par Jim Locke
The silent army (1909), by Francis McCullagh 11:03 Lu par Nemo
Turkey Part IV: Turkish stories: Historical note 1:04 Lu par Tomas Peter
''The lamb bolted'', a legend of Turkish justice 6:20 Lu par Devorah Allen
Stories of Nasr-Eddin Hoja 6:14 Lu par TJ Burns
A Turkish friendship (eighteenth century), by Cheliby Yorgaki 9:34 Lu par Jim Locke
Turkey Part V: Stories of Turkish life and customs: Historical note 1:47 Lu par Foon
The first telegraph in Turkey (1854), by Sir J. William Whittall 2:32 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Choosing a wife for the son, by Lucy M. J. Garnett 4:30 Lu par thestorygirl
''Protestant bread'', by Cyrus Hamlin, D. D. 7:03 Lu par Foon
The dancing dervishes, by Julia Pardoe 11:18 Lu par Devorah Allen
Ceremony of dervishes at Scutari, by Albert Aublet (French artist, 1851), paint… 1:44 Lu par Sonia
A Turkish ''What for ?'', by Demetra Vaka 8:02 Lu par Sonia

Critiques


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