Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day


Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

(3 stars; 2 reviews)

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)

Kapitel

00 - Preface 2:52 Gelesen von April Gonzales
01 - The Story of One Hundred Years 18:57 Gelesen von Graham McMillan
02 - Links with the Past 17:38 Gelesen von Graham McMillan
03 - The Dawn of the New Period 19:48 Gelesen von Graham McMillan
04 - A Council of State 24:18 Gelesen von Graham McMillan
05 - The Proclamation that Failed 21:27 Gelesen von Graham McMillan
06 - A Long March and a Short Battle 21:31 Gelesen von Graham McMillan
07 - After the Battle 21:50 Gelesen von Graham McMillan
08 - Victors and Vanquished 28:09 Gelesen von Graham McMillan
09 - The Gathering of a Storm 31:24 Gelesen von Graham McMillan
10 - The Bursting of the Storm 32:38 Gelesen von Graham McMillan
11 - After the Storm 48:32 Gelesen von Gabriela Cowan
12 - Peace without Honour 41:54 Gelesen von Gabriela Cowan
13 - The Siege of Cairo 26:16 Gelesen von Graham McMillan
14 - The Price of Peace 32:34 Gelesen von Graham McMillan
15 - An Ungrateful People 22:08 Gelesen von Graham McMillan
16 - Mahomed Ali and his Successors 28:42 Gelesen von Graham McMillan
17 - Fachoda and After 23:51 Gelesen von Graham McMillan
18 - Healthy Influences 51:16 Gelesen von Gabriela Cowan
19 - Unhealthy Influences 33:27 Gelesen von Graham McMillan
20 - More Unhealthy Influences 33:24 Gelesen von Graham McMillan
21 - To-day and To-morrow 26:29 Gelesen von Graham McMillan

Bewertungen


(1 stars)

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.