Richard I


Leído por LibriVox Volunteers

(3.9 stars; 80 reviews)

There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. Consequently, great historical names alone are selected; and it has been the writer's aim to present the prominent and leading traits in their characters, and all the important events in their lives, in a bold and free manner, and yet in the plain and simple language which is so obviously required in works which aim at permanent and practical usefulness. This volume is dedicated to Richard I. (Summary from the preface of the book) (6 hr 26 min)

Capítulos

King Richard's Mother 27:23 Leído por Andrew Wilson
Richard's Early Life 21:36 Leído por Andrew Wilson
Fair Rosamond 15:35 Leído por Andrew Wilson
Accession of Richard to the Throne 17:32 Leído por Andrew Wilson
The Coronation 12:31 Leído por Andrew Wilson
Preparations for the Crusade 14:37 Leído por Andrew Wilson
The Embarkation 20:14 Leído por Ernst Pattynama
King Richard at Messina 30:33 Leído por Laura Caldwell
Berengaria 20:37 Leído por Alana Jordan
The Campaign in Cyprus 28:59 Leído por Alana Jordan
Voyage to Acre 10:29 Leído por Federica
The Arrival at Acre 10:15 Leído por Alana Jordan
Difficulties 6:07 Leído por Glenn Simonsen
The Fall of Acre 25:07 Leído por Andrew Wilson
Progress of the Crusade 23:56 Leído por Andrew Wilson
Reverses 24:40 Leído por Andrew Wilson
The Old Man of the Mountain 21:52 Leído por Andrew Wilson
The Battle of Jaffa 13:53 Leído por Sibella Denton
The Truce 8:32 Leído por Sibella Denton
The Departure from Palestine 7:17 Leído por Sibella Denton
Richard Made Captive 10:32 Leído por Sibella Denton
The Return to England 14:19 Leído por Sibella Denton

Reseñas


(1 stars)

I couldn't even finish the first chapter. The accent of the reader is giving me headaches. English is only my second language therefore I'm not used to such accents. The book is interesting but it has to be read by someone with a more universally comprehensible English accent

Enjoyable and well read


(4 stars)

The book is enjoyable to listen to an certainly paints a good picture of Richard and his adventurous and colorful character. For a biography the book is often quite hostile to it's subject though particularly when it comes to the crusades. it always amazes when people uncritically condemn the crusades as predatory while completely ignoring the contemporary Muslim aggression such as piracy and slave raids (not to mention the previous centuries of all out war) There are also a few anachronisms which are to be expected in a book as old as this. Such as the fact that armor is portrayed as Incredibly impractical and heavy listening to this you also get the impression that Richard and his knights were walking around in full plate armor when of course chainmail was the order of the day. The main reader is excellent and there are only one or two chapters read by others which are a bit more difficult to listen to but overall very enjoyable.

Awful reading in places


(4 stars)

Good book, apart from the lack of dates?!? Not a great reading, but it is listenable. My understanding is that the readers are volunteers and the books are free to listen to, so I can not complain. Would recommend.


(3 stars)

First few chapters were difficult to listen to because of the lip smacking. Not the best of this series but still worth a listen.


(5 stars)

Enjoyed listening to this book. Full of interesting facts about the times and also the crusades. Thsnk you, readers.

voyage to acre was terrible


(2 stars)

i dont want to be mean, but that chapter was practically unlistenable


(2 stars)

I’ve liked abbots other books, but this one not so much. I liked the readers.

Damn thing can't even do anything


(1 stars)