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Burke and Wills
- The Triumph and Tragedy of Australia's Most Famous Explorers
- De: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrado por: Michael Carman
- Duración: 23 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 86
The iconic Australian exploration story - brought to life by Peter FitzSimons, Australia's storyteller. 'They have left here today!' he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the ashes of the fire, it is to find it still hot. There is even a tiny flame flickering from the end of one log. They must have left just hours ago. Melbourne, 20 August 1860. In an ambitious quest to be the first Europeans to cross the harsh Australian continent, the Victorian Exploring Expedition sets off, with 15,000 well-wishers cheering them on.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This Yarn Is Rather Needling—Off The Rails, Even
- De Nicholas Robinson en 05-08-20
- Burke and Wills
- The Triumph and Tragedy of Australia's Most Famous Explorers
- De: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrado por: Michael Carman
Too cute and in present tense
Revisado: 01-31-22
The book is a thorough account but is frustrating to listen to for several reasons:
1- the entire book is written in the present tense which makes it seem overly contrived and cute
2 - the book has unnecessary phrases in the book that are maybe meant to increase drama such as “is it him, is it? Could it be?!?” which makes you want to skip whole chapters
3 - the narrator does accents which make everything take longer and seem more ridiculous
4 - wayyyyy too much time is spent on the deliberations of the exploring committee and not enough on the actual route and day to day issues and experience of the explorers. How did the cook? How did they sleep? What are the modern locations of the ranges they crossed??
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The Anarchy
- The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
- De: William Dalrymple
- Narrado por: Sid Sagar
- Duración: 15 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,215
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,013
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,008
The Anarchy tells the remarkable story of how one of the world’s most magnificent empires disintegrated and came to be replaced by a dangerously unregulated private company, based thousands of miles overseas in one small office, five windows wide, and answerable only to its distant shareholders. In his most ambitious and riveting audiobook to date, William Dalrymple tells the story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent book but awkward narration
- De TexasVC en 02-25-20
- The Anarchy
- The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
- De: William Dalrymple
- Narrado por: Sid Sagar
Excellent book, needs work to make it into a good audiobook
Revisado: 01-31-22
Book is very well done but the narrator should avoid reading the footnotes about the modern money equivalencies and better indicate spacing between paragraphs and sections. It makes it hard to follow, especially because the narrator reads the non English words so fluently.
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