World's Story Volume VI: Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Balkan States and Turkey
Eva March Tappan
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Length 16 h 37 min
Chapters 112
First published 1914
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
Chapters
1
Skirmish between cossacks and the imperial bodyguard, by Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille, (France 1848), painting, frontispiece Read by Sonia 2:00
2
Russia Part I: Folk-tales and early history: Historical note Read by Sonia 2:38
3
The imp and the crust, by Count Leo Tolstoy Read by Sonia 8:27
4
The story of iron and the poison water, from the Kalevala Read by Sonia 7:20
5
The country and customs of the Scythians (fifth century B.C.), by Herodotus Read by Sonia 15:31
6
The vengeance of Queen Olga (about 945), from the chronicle of Nestor Read by Jim Locke 9:24
7
Vladimir in search of a religion (about 988), by John S. C. Abbott Read by Jim Locke 10:56
8
Russia Part II: In the days of Ivan the Terrible: Historical note Read by Alan Mapstone 2:50
9
How Russia was freed from the Tartars (1480), by John S. C. Abbott Read by Jim Locke 10:32
10
Ivan the Terrible (1533-1584), by Frances A. Shaw Read by Jim Locke 14:46
11
Life at the Setch (fifteenth century), by Nikolai V. Gogol Read by Jim Locke 23:11
12
The false Czar (1605), by Frances A. Shaw Read by Jim Locke 18:45
13
The kremlin of Moscow, by Bayard Taylor Read by Jim Locke 17:10
14
Russia Part III: Peter the Great: Historical note Read by Alan Mapstone 3:02
15
A morning with Peter the Great (early in the eighteenth century), by Dmitri Merejkowski Read by Jim Locke 17:08
16
How St. Petersburg was built (1703), by John S. C. Abbott Read by Tomas Peter 4:28
17
A supposed letter from an English architect (1715), by Maurice Baring Read by Colleen McMahon 14:51
18
Russia Part IV: From Catherine the Great to the invasion of Napoleon: Historical note Read by Kristine Bekere 2:28
19
A day with Catherine the Great (1794), by Adrian Moyseevich Gribovski Read by Kristine Bekere 13:09
20
Borodino (1812), by Alexander Sergeyevitch Pushkin Read by Nemo 5:55
21
The burning of Moscow, by Louis Adolph Thiers Read by Colleen McMahon 8:21
22
The crossing of the Beresina river (1812), by John S. C. Abbott Read by Colleen McMahon 10:01
23
Passage of the Beresina, by J. H. Van Papendrecht, painting p. 130 Read by Tomas Peter 2:13
24
Russia Part V: Poland: Historical note Read by Foon 3:04
25
The surrender of Kamenyetz (1672), by Henryk Sienkiewicz Read by Jim Locke 20:51
26
Poland or Russia ? (1793), by Jane Porter Read by April6090 15:37
27
The division of Poland, by Sir Edwin Arnold Read by Alan Mapstone 3:29
28
The revolt in Warsaw, 1861, by Joseph Nicholas Robert-Fleury (French painter, 1792-1890), painting p. 158 Read by Foon 2:50
29
Russia Part VI: Siberia: Historical note Read by Tomas Peter 2:12
30
The conquest of Siberia (1579-1584), by Count Leo Tolstoy Read by tovarisch 24:22
31
Yermak, a folk-song Read by Tomas Peter 3:33
32
How pardon was won for an exile (1808), by Madame Sophie Risteau Cottin Read by Devorah Allen 10:03
33
On the march to Siberia (nineteenth century), by Baroness M. De Packh Read by April6090 9:04
34
A Kirghis warrior, by Vasili Vasilevich Vereshchagin (Russia, 1842-1904), painting p. 186 Read by cathar maiden 2:24
35
In a Tartar tent (about 1909), by Lindon Bates, Jr. Read by Colleen McMahon 17:49
36
Russia Part VII: A coronation and three wars: Historical note Read by Foon 3:20
37
The coronation of Alexander II (1855), by Count von Moltke Read by Colleen McMahon 10:54
38
The emancipation of the serfs (1861), by Hezekiah Butterworth Read by cathar maiden 3:59
39
The taking of the village (an incident of the war of 1877 with Turkey), by Vsyevolod Mikhailovitch Garshin Read by tovarisch 12:24
40
The capture of a redoubt (an incident of the war of 1877 with Turkey), by Vasili Vasilevich Vereshchagin Read by tovarisch 18:02
41
Coaling at sea (1905), by Commander Vladimir Semenoff, of the Imperial Russian Navy Read by tovarisch 18:24
42
Russia Part VIII: Life in modern Russia: Historical note Read by Tomas Peter 1:58
43
The races on the Neva river (1870), by Théophile Gautier Read by techpsalti 9:59
44
A little Jewish girl in Russia, by Mary Antin Read by April6090 9:26
45
The fair of Nijni-Novgorod, by Edna Dean Proctor Read by Alan Mapstone 3:00
46
Austria-Hungary Part I: From the Tartar invasion to the Reformation: Historical note Read by Availle 2:40
47
The coming of the Tartars (1240), by Louis Felbermann Read by Jim Locke 7:00
48
How Rudolf the First became Emperor (1273), by John S. C. Abbott Read by Jim Locke 15:39
49
Stories of Rudolf, founder of the house of Hapsburg (thirteenth century), by William Coxe Read by Jim Locke 10:34
50
How Naumburg was saved, by Jaroslav Cermak (Bohemian artist, - 1878), painting p. 270 Read by Foon 1:35
51
The deliverance of Prague (1420), by E. H. Gillett Read by Colleen McMahon 16:36
52
A funeral menu of the sixteenth century (1509), from the old chronicles Read by Nemo 4:50
53
The emperor Maximilian receiving the Venetian embassy, by Karl Ludwig Friedrich Becker (German artist, 1820-1900), painting p. 284 Read by Nemo 2:48
54
Austria-Hungary Part II: The religious wars of the seventeenth century: Historical note Read by Availle 2:10
55
The devastation of St. Vitus's church (1619-1620), by Marie Hay Read by Colleen McMahon 16:27
56
Wallenstein, the deposed general (1630), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Read by Sonia 7:19
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Wallenstein and the cuirassiers (1634), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Read by Alan Mapstone and 6 others 14:57
58
How John Sobieski saved Vienna from the Turks (1683), by John S. C. Abbott Read by realisticspeakers 10:06
59
Austria-Hungary Part III: From Maria Theresa to the downfall of Napoleon: Historical note Read by Availle 2:59
60
How Maria Theresa of Austria became King (1740), by John S. C. Abbott Read by April6090 11:20
61
The command of Maria Theresa, by John S. C. Abbott Read by Larry Wilson 11:29
62
Hohenlinden (1800), by Thomas Campbell Read by Monika M. C. 2:45
63
The battle of Austerlitz (1805), by John S. C. Abbott Read by Tomas Peter 5:24
64
How the French honored Joseph Haydn (1805), by ''Louisa Mühlbach'' (Klara M. Mundt) Read by Nemo 10:38
65
Andreas Hofer rallying the Tyrolean mountaineers, by Franz von Defregger (Austrian painter, 1835), painting p. 344 Read by Monika M. C. 2:16
66
Austria-Hungary Part IV: The nineteenth century: Historical note Read by Availle 2:27
67
After the battle of Szolnok (1849), by Maurus Jókai Read by Jim Locke 18:25
68
The unlucky weathercock (1849), by Maurus Jókai Read by Jim Locke 12:22
69
Kossuth's farewell (1849) Read by Sonia 5:57
70
The salt mines of Wieliczka (1850), by Bayard Taylor Read by ToddHW 12:09
71
Austria-Hungary Part V: Stories and poems of Bohemia, Hungary, and the Tyrol: Historical note Read by Tomas Peter 1:31
72
The dog and the wolf, a Bohemian folk-tale, retold by Theodor Vernaleken Read by April6090 7:29
73
The poor man and the king of the crows, a Magyar folk-tale, retold by Jeremiah Curtin Read by Devorah Allen 21:39
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St. Kümmerniss, a legend of the Tyrol Read by Nemo 5:39
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The legend of St. Kümmerniss, by François Joseph Heim (French artist, 1787-1865), painting p. 400 Read by Nemo 1:22
76
Stories of the gypsies Read by April6090 12:42
77
Two Magyar poems Read by Foon 5:09
78
A Csikos race, by Alexander Wagner (Hungarian artist, 1838), painting p. 408 Read by Alan Mapstone 2:02
79
The Balkan States: Historical note Read by Nemo 3:22
80
Marko and the Turks (fifteenth century), an old Servian ballad Read by Sonia 7:21
81
Montenegro, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Alan Mapstone 2:01
82
An attack on the Bashi-Bazouks (1907), by Arthur D. Howden Smith Read by Jim Locke 28:36
83
Herzegovinians returning to a village sacked by the Bashi-Bazouks, by Jaroslav Cermak (Bohemian artist, -1878), painting p. 434 Read by Nemo 2:24
84
The siege of Adrianople (1912), by Philip Gibbs Read by April6090 8:45
85
The flight from Lule-Burgas (1912), by Bernard Grant Read by Jim Locke 19:07
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Turkey Part I: To the capture of Constantinople: Historical note Read by Kristine Bekere 3:04
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Constantinople, a city built to order (fourth century), by Edward Gibbon Read by Kristine Bekere 11:40
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The coming of the comet (1402), by Maurus Jókai Read by ToddHW 19:16
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Scanderbeg (about 1450), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read by cathar maiden 7:29
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The fall of Constantinople (1453), by Edward Gibbon Read by Kristine Bekere 15:51
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Turkey Part II: Turkey at the height of her power: Historical note Read by Kristine Bekere 2:35
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The tribute of children, by Anonymous Read by Tomas Peter 6:06
93
The little Janizary (about 1453), by James M. Ludlow Read by Jim Locke 19:04
94
The surrender of Rhodes (1522), by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine Read by realisticspeakers 11:28
95
A visit to the wife of Solyman the Magnificent (sixteenth century), translated from a Genoese letter Read by Sonia 3:34
96
Dining with the Sultana (1718), by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Read by April6090 7:58
97
Turkey Part III: The sick man of Europe: Historical note Read by Alan Mapstone 2:31
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The last of the Janizaries (1826), by Maurus Jókai Read by realisticspeakers 19:28
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The muezzin, by Jean Léon Gérôme (French artist, 1824-1904), painting p. 528 Read by Alan Mapstone 2:54
100
''The House of Fear'' (1908), by Francis McCullagh Read by Jim Locke 21:19
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The silent army (1909), by Francis McCullagh Read by Nemo 11:03
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Turkey Part IV: Turkish stories: Historical note Read by Tomas Peter 1:04
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''The lamb bolted'', a legend of Turkish justice Read by Devorah Allen 6:20
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Stories of Nasr-Eddin Hoja Read by TJ Burns 6:14
105
A Turkish friendship (eighteenth century), by Cheliby Yorgaki Read by Jim Locke 9:34
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Turkey Part V: Stories of Turkish life and customs: Historical note Read by Foon 1:47
107
The first telegraph in Turkey (1854), by Sir J. William Whittall Read by Alan Mapstone 2:32
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Choosing a wife for the son, by Lucy M. J. Garnett Read by thestorygirl 4:30
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''Protestant bread'', by Cyrus Hamlin, D. D. Read by Foon 7:03
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The dancing dervishes, by Julia Pardoe Read by Devorah Allen 11:18
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Ceremony of dervishes at Scutari, by Albert Aublet (French artist, 1851), painting p. 574 Read by Sonia 1:44
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A Turkish ''What for ?'', by Demetra Vaka Read by Sonia 8:02
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