The Escape of a Princess Pat


Lu par LibriVox Volunteers

(4.5 stars; 6 reviews)

Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland. (Summary from Book subtitle)

This is to celebrate Remembrance Day 2008.

NB. There are recordings of Chapter 4 by two different readers. The zip file includes both. Variety is the spice of life! (4 hr 15 min)

Chapitres

01 - Preface, Polygon Wood 9:13 Lu par Esther
02 - The Fourth of May 3:57 Lu par Laura Caldwell
03 - Corporal Edwards Takes up the Tale 5:33 Lu par John W. Michaels
04 - Major Gault Comes Back 5:01 Lu par Varra Unreal
05 - The Eighth of May and the Last Stand of the Princess Pats 5:46 Lu par John W. Michaels
06 - Prisoners 14:41 Lu par Graham Redman
07 - Pulling the Leg of a German General 21:50 Lu par John W. Michaels
08 - The Princess Patricia's German Uncle 10:18 Lu par John W. Michaels
09 - How the German Red Cross Tended the Canadian Wounded 6:35 Lu par John W. Michaels
10 - The Curious Concoctions of the Chef at Giessen 6:27 Lu par John W. Michaels
11 - The Way They Have at Giessen 5:47 Lu par John W. Michaels
12 - The Escape 19:45 Lu par Esther
13 - The Traitor at Vehnmoor 12:31 Lu par John W. Michaels
14 - Away Again 9:44 Lu par John W. Michaels
15 - Paying the Piper 19:40 Lu par David Lawrence
16 - The Third Escape 21:19 Lu par Esther
17 - What Happened in the Wood 22:14 Lu par Esther
18 - The Last Lap 9:49 Lu par John W. Michaels
19 - Holland at Last 8:44 Lu par Esther
20 - It's a Way They Have in the Army 10:18 Lu par John W. Michaels
21 - The Evidence in the Case 8:50 Lu par John W. Michaels

Critiques


(3 stars)

Interesting first hand account of a WWI soldier's capture, imprisonment, and escape from the Germans. Errors in this recording: the label of each chapter was one ahead of the recorded chapter and a recording of the final chapter is missing. Also, the reader of chapter 4 was not a native English speaker. Her accent made it impossible for me to understand the majority of that chapter.

Excitement, adventure, and really wild things


(5 stars)

Vivid, emotional, and compelling account of Canadian and British prisoners and how they endure (and try to escape from) German POW camps during World War I. Well written. And well read by various LibriVox volunteers.

really good


(5 stars)

Ditto's to the kudos below. Needs a better title tho; it no way reflects the excellent book.


(5 stars)

the reader in Chapter 4 is hard to understand. must be English as a second language.