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)

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

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