Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day
Haji A. Browne
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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 |
Reviews
A LibriVox Listener
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.