Audio Books » Historical Fiction » The World’s Story Volume VI: Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Balkan States and Turkey - Eva March Tappan
The World’s Story Volume VI: Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Balkan States and Turkey - Eva March Tappan Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/

The World’s Story Volume VI: Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Balkan States and Turkey - Eva March Tappan

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
Share a book on social networks:
The audiobook "The World’s Story Volume VI: Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Balkan States and Turkey - Eva March Tappan" - Listen to popular best audio books online for free
Love it! 0 0
Title0:00В ЭФИРЕ-10+10Качество1  АудиоТаймер сна  Скорость1  Скачать
Skirmish between cossacks and the imperial bodyguard, by Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille, (France 1848), painting, frontispieceRussia Part I: Folk-tales and early history: Historical noteThe imp and the crust, by Count Leo TolstoyThe story of iron and the poison water, from the KalevalaThe country and customs of the Scythians (fifth century B.C.), by HerodotusThe vengeance of Queen Olga (about 945), from the chronicle of NestorVladimir in search of a religion (about 988), by John S. C. AbbottRussia Part II: In the days of Ivan the Terrible: Historical noteHow Russia was freed from the Tartars (1480), by John S. C. AbbottIvan the Terrible (1533-1584), by Frances A. ShawLife at the Setch (fifteenth century), by Nikolai V. GogolThe false Czar (1605), by Frances A. ShawThe kremlin of Moscow, by Bayard TaylorRussia Part III: Peter the Great: Historical noteA morning with Peter the Great (early in the eighteenth century), by Dmitri MerejkowskiHow St. Petersburg was built (1703), by John S. C. AbbottA supposed letter from an English architect (1715), by Maurice BaringRussia Part IV: From Catherine the Great to the invasion of Napoleon: Historical noteA day with Catherine the Great (1794), by Adrian Moyseevich GribovskiBorodino (1812), by Alexander Sergeyevitch PushkinThe burning of Moscow, by Louis Adolph ThiersThe crossing of the Beresina river (1812), by John S. C. AbbottPassage of the Beresina, by J. H. Van Papendrecht, painting p. 130Russia Part V: Poland: Historical noteThe surrender of Kamenyetz (1672), by Henryk SienkiewiczPoland or Russia ? (1793), by Jane PorterThe division of Poland, by Sir Edwin ArnoldThe revolt in Warsaw, 1861, by Joseph Nicholas Robert-Fleury (French painter, 1792-1890), painting p. 158Russia Part VI: Siberia: Historical noteThe conquest of Siberia (1579-1584), by Count Leo TolstoyYermak, a folk-songHow pardon was won for an exile (1808), by Madame Sophie Risteau CottinOn the march to Siberia (nineteenth century), by Baroness M. De PackhA Kirghis warrior, by Vasili Vasilevich Vereshchagin (Russia, 1842-1904), painting p. 186In a Tartar tent (about 1909), by Lindon Bates, Jr.Russia Part VII: A coronation and three wars: Historical noteThe coronation of Alexander II (1855), by Count von MoltkeThe emancipation of the serfs (1861), by Hezekiah ButterworthThe taking of the village (an incident of the war of 1877 with Turkey), by Vsyevolod Mikhailovitch GarshinThe capture of a redoubt (an incident of the war of 1877 with Turkey), by Vasili Vasilevich VereshchaginCoaling at sea (1905), by Commander Vladimir Semenoff, of the Imperial Russian NavyRussia Part VIII: Life in modern Russia: Historical noteThe races on the Neva river (1870), by Théophile GautierA little Jewish girl in Russia, by Mary AntinThe fair of Nijni-Novgorod, by Edna Dean ProctorAustria-Hungary Part I: From the Tartar invasion to the Reformation: Historical noteThe coming of the Tartars (1240), by Louis FelbermannHow Rudolf the First became Emperor (1273), by John S. C. AbbottStories of Rudolf, founder of the house of Hapsburg (thirteenth century), by William CoxeHow Naumburg was saved, by Jaroslav Cermak (Bohemian artist, - 1878), painting p. 270The deliverance of Prague (1420), by E. H. GillettA funeral menu of the sixteenth century (1509), from the old chroniclesThe emperor Maximilian receiving the Venetian embassy, by Karl Ludwig Friedrich Becker (German artist, 1820-1900), painting p. 284Austria-Hungary Part II: The religious wars of the seventeenth century: Historical noteThe devastation of St. Vitus's church (1619-1620), by Marie HayWallenstein, the deposed general (1630), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von SchillerWallenstein and the cuirassiers (1634), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von SchillerHow John Sobieski saved Vienna from the Turks (1683), by John S. C. AbbottAustria-Hungary Part III: From Maria Theresa to the downfall of Napoleon: Historical noteHow Maria Theresa of Austria became King (1740), by John S. C. AbbottThe command of Maria Theresa, by John S. C. AbbottHohenlinden (1800), by Thomas CampbellThe battle of Austerlitz (1805), by John S. C. AbbottHow the French honored Joseph Haydn (1805), by ''Louisa Mühlbach'' (Klara M. Mundt)Andreas Hofer rallying the Tyrolean mountaineers, by Franz von Defregger (Austrian painter, 1835), painting p. 344Austria-Hungary Part IV: The nineteenth century: Historical noteAfter the battle of Szolnok (1849), by Maurus JókaiThe unlucky weathercock (1849), by Maurus JókaiKossuth's farewell (1849)The salt mines of Wieliczka (1850), by Bayard TaylorAustria-Hungary Part V: Stories and poems of Bohemia, Hungary, and the Tyrol: Historical noteThe dog and the wolf, a Bohemian folk-tale, retold by Theodor VernalekenThe poor man and the king of the crows, a Magyar folk-tale, retold by Jeremiah CurtinSt. Kümmerniss, a legend of the TyrolThe legend of St. Kümmerniss, by François Joseph Heim (French artist, 1787-1865), painting p. 400Stories of the gypsiesTwo Magyar poemsA Csikos race, by Alexander Wagner (Hungarian artist, 1838), painting p. 408The Balkan States: Historical noteMarko and the Turks (fifteenth century), an old Servian balladMontenegro, by Alfred, Lord TennysonAn attack on the Bashi-Bazouks (1907), by Arthur D. Howden SmithHerzegovinians returning to a village sacked by the Bashi-Bazouks, by Jaroslav Cermak (Bohemian artist, -1878), painting p. 434The siege of Adrianople (1912), by Philip GibbsThe flight from Lule-Burgas (1912), by Bernard GrantTurkey Part I: To the capture of Constantinople: Historical noteConstantinople, a city built to order (fourth century), by Edward GibbonThe coming of the comet (1402), by Maurus JókaiScanderbeg (about 1450), by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe fall of Constantinople (1453), by Edward GibbonTurkey Part II: Turkey at the height of her power: Historical noteThe tribute of children, by AnonymousThe little Janizary (about 1453), by James M. LudlowThe surrender of Rhodes (1522), by Alphonse Marie Louis de LamartineA visit to the wife of Solyman the Magnificent (sixteenth century), translated from a Genoese letterDining with the Sultana (1718), by Lady Mary Wortley MontaguTurkey Part III: The sick man of Europe: Historical noteThe last of the Janizaries (1826), by Maurus JókaiThe muezzin, by Jean Léon Gérôme (French artist, 1824-1904), painting p. 528''The House of Fear'' (1908), by Francis McCullaghThe silent army (1909), by Francis McCullaghTurkey Part IV: Turkish stories: Historical note''The lamb bolted'', a legend of Turkish justiceStories of Nasr-Eddin HojaA Turkish friendship (eighteenth century), by Cheliby YorgakiTurkey Part V: Stories of Turkish life and customs: Historical noteThe first telegraph in Turkey (1854), by Sir J. William WhittallChoosing a wife for the son, by Lucy M. J. Garnett''Protestant bread'', by Cyrus Hamlin, D. D.The dancing dervishes, by Julia PardoeCeremony of dervishes at Scutari, by Albert Aublet (French artist, 1851), painting p. 574A Turkish ''What for ?'', by Demetra Vaka
The World’s Story Volume VI: Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Balkan States and Turkey - Eva March Tappan - Description and brief content, listen free online on the e-library site at Knigi-Audio.com/en/
Recommended audiobooks:
The World’s Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine - Eva March Tappan
The World’s Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine - Eva March Tappan Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
The World’s Story Volume III: Egypt, Africa and Arabia - Eva March Tappan
The World’s Story Volume III: Egypt, Africa and Arabia - Eva March Tappan Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
The World’s Story Volume XI: Canada, South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies - Eva March Tappan
The World’s Story Volume XI: Canada, South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies - Eva March Tappan Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
The World’s Story Volume XIII: The United States - Eva March Tappan
The World’s Story Volume XIII: The United States - Eva March Tappan Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
The World’s Story Volume XII: The United States - Eva March Tappan
The World’s Story Volume XII: The United States - Eva March Tappan Audiobooks - Free Audio Books | Knigi-Audio.com/en/
Commentary (0)
Audiobook Genres