Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day


Leído por LibriVox Volunteers

(3 stars; 2 reviews)

Knowing the Egyptian as I know him, I cannot but think that he is greatly misunderstood, even by those who are sincerely anxious to befriend him. His faults and his failings are to be found at large in almost any of the scores of books that have of late years been written about him and his country; but, though not a few have given him credit for some of his more salient good points, yet none that I have seen have shown any just appreciation of him as he really is. (From the Preface) (10 hr 9 min)

Capítulos

00 - Preface 2:52 Leído por April Gonzales
01 - The Story of One Hundred Years 18:57 Leído por Graham McMillan
02 - Links with the Past 17:38 Leído por Graham McMillan
03 - The Dawn of the New Period 19:48 Leído por Graham McMillan
04 - A Council of State 24:18 Leído por Graham McMillan
05 - The Proclamation that Failed 21:27 Leído por Graham McMillan
06 - A Long March and a Short Battle 21:31 Leído por Graham McMillan
07 - After the Battle 21:50 Leído por Graham McMillan
08 - Victors and Vanquished 28:09 Leído por Graham McMillan
09 - The Gathering of a Storm 31:24 Leído por Graham McMillan
10 - The Bursting of the Storm 32:38 Leído por Graham McMillan
11 - After the Storm 48:32 Leído por Gabriela Cowan
12 - Peace without Honour 41:54 Leído por Gabriela Cowan
13 - The Siege of Cairo 26:16 Leído por Graham McMillan
14 - The Price of Peace 32:34 Leído por Graham McMillan
15 - An Ungrateful People 22:08 Leído por Graham McMillan
16 - Mahomed Ali and his Successors 28:42 Leído por Graham McMillan
17 - Fachoda and After 23:51 Leído por Graham McMillan
18 - Healthy Influences 51:16 Leído por Gabriela Cowan
19 - Unhealthy Influences 33:27 Leído por Graham McMillan
20 - More Unhealthy Influences 33:24 Leído por Graham McMillan
21 - To-day and To-morrow 26:29 Leído por Graham McMillan

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(1 stars)

I understand that some people use Libravox, those that read as volunteers, as a platform to learn and better there language skills but does it not matter if one can actually read to a reasonable standard? I am afraid that the lady who offers her reading skills to Bonaparte in Egypt is just unbearable to listen to. It actually sounds like two people reading at the same time, one being a Cockney who fancies their chances with the nouns and the vowels being left to a Chinese person. You can do better than this surely? And who in earth makes the decisions as to who gets the chance to read what? Some creativity or just basic common sense is much needed from those who allow whoever to read whatever. A stern and thourough voice is needed for such a book as this, and dare I say it" but the voice of a male. Sorry for being harsh but such an unnecessary let down.