The Magnificent Adventure


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(3.8 stars; 15 reviews)

"The Magnificent Adventure" in 1916 was set at the time of the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition. This fictional story is brimming with adventure and action, having to do with a gallant gentleman and is written well as Emerson Hough was famous for writing stirring westerns. - Summary by April6090 (10 hr 1 min)

Chapitres

Mother and Son 19:30 Lu par April6090
Meriwether and Theodosia 23:37 Lu par weezer
Mr. Burr and Mr. Merry 12:31 Lu par acousticwave
President and Secretary 18:13 Lu par Sandra Cullum
The Pell-Mell and Some Consequences 38:07 Lu par Ritu Aarcee
The Great Conspiracy 21:03 Lu par Mike Manolakes
Colonel Burr and His Daughter 10:20 Lu par mleigh
The Parting 24:27 Lu par Shasta
Mr. Thomas Jefferson 31:33 Lu par Shasta
The Threshold of the West 24:48 Lu par Shasta
The Taming of Patrick Gass 12:05 Lu par mleigh
Captain William Clark 8:13 Lu par Mike Manolakes
Under Three Flags 14:55 Lu par KevinS
The Rent in the Armor 16:52 Lu par April6090
Under One Flag 24:56 Lu par Carol R
The Mysterious Letter 17:50 Lu par acousticwave
The Day’s Work 12:58 Lu par April6090
The Crossroads of the West 13:57 Lu par Mike Manolakes
The Appeal 24:35 Lu par Shasta
Which Way? 26:44 Lu par Shasta
The Mountains 16:51 Lu par April6090
Trail’s End 14:19 Lu par Ritu Aarcee
The Summons 11:25 Lu par Mike Manolakes
The Abyss 30:31 Lu par KirksVoice
The Bee 13:22 Lu par Sandra Cullum
What Voice Had Called? 18:05 Lu par AndreasDanko
The News 12:45 Lu par Sandra Cullum
The Guests of a Nation 12:18 Lu par Mike Manolakes
Mr. Jefferson’s Advice 12:59 Lu par Ritu Aarcee
The Quality of Mercy 17:17 Lu par Ritu Aarcee
The Friends 12:35 Lu par April6090
The Wilderness 22:21 Lu par Ritu Aarcee
Down to the Sea 9:00 Lu par April6090

Critiques

Wonderful Book, Atrocious Readers.


(2 stars)

Wonderful historic novel ruined by the inconsistent reading by a team of readers, some of which have heavy accents making them difficult to understand, others that speak in painfully slow and boring monotone, and some of which did a splendid job. Unfortunately, despite my interest in the material, I feel like I only heard or understood about 35% of the reading. Such a shame to have slaughtered such a splendid book in this manner.

a bland stew


(2 stars)

this is not a story of adventure. it's mostly political discussions with a thin, vague romance in it. different reader for every chapter. most of them were hard to understand or painfully slow and monotone. It's hard to listen to deep American history in a oriental accent where many common words are pronounced wrong. Hard to listen to, especially since the story was mostly boring.