The Road To Mandalay


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(4.3 stars; 5 reviews)

Sophy Leigh and Douglas Shafto come to Burma on the same ship in 1912. They come for different reasons. Through them, we learn about British India in the time between 1912 and 1914, just before WWI.
Academics view Bithia Mary Croker as one of the best authors who wrote about British India.
Note: This book is a product of its times. Therefore, some of the views which are expressed are different from today's. (Summary by Stav Nisser) (10 hr 2 min)

Kapitel

Chapter 1: Blinds Down 20:00 Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapter 2: What Hannah Said 15:02 Gelesen von Audralle Gomez
Chapter 3: The Closed House 7:55 Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapter 4: Kicks and Halfpence 30:50 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 5: Clouds 17:33 Gelesen von SmilingJade
Chapter 6: An Empty Offer 21:29 Gelesen von SmilingJade
Chapter 7: ''The Monster'' 10:26 Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapter 8: Bound for Burma 13:37 Gelesen von abbysunb
Chapter 9: The ''Blankshire'' 15:18 Gelesen von abbysunb
Chapter 10: The Land of Promise 20:57 Gelesen von abbysunb
Chapter 11: A Burmese Hostess 22:41 Gelesen von abbysunb
Chapter 12: East And West 10:44 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 13: ''Keep an Eye Upon Her'' 12:58 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 14: The Mantle of Fernanda 33:41 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 15: The Chummery 21:17 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 16: Mr. And Mrs. Abel Salter 12:00 Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapter 17: At the Play 25:39 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 18: The Chinese Shop 12:15 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 19: Chaff 10:29 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 20: The Pongye 15:42 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 21: The Cocaine Den 13:14 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 22: The Approaching Dread 14:28 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 23: Mystery and Suspicion 11:52 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 24: Sentence of Death 22:02 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 25: The Late Richard Roscoe 6:14 Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapter 26: Fitzgerald Imparts Information 11:52 Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapter 27: A Rope Trick 8:51 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 28: Ma Chit 6:31 Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapter 29: Mung Baw 14:56 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 30: Enlightenment 17:21 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 31: Seeing Is Believing 8:17 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 32: On Duty 15:48 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 33: Sophy 20:02 Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapter 34: All Is Over 7:31 Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson
Chapter 35: Mung Baw Lies Low 19:45 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 36: The Bombshell 24:28 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 37: The Tug of War 17:11 Gelesen von Mary Ann Hadley
Chapter 38: Sergeant-Major Ryan 11:45 Gelesen von Lynda Marie Neilson

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(5 stars)

I’m glad folks volunteer to read. However, they need to look up the pronunciation of unfamiliar words. Some words were unrecognizable. The readers need to be told how to pronounce the characters’ names, especially if it’s the main character. The story might have been interesting, but I spent much of my listening time cringing at mangled pronunciation.