At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War, credited to G. A. Henty, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War by G. A. Henty. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. The story of the war in which the power of the great Mahratta confederacy was broken ended in the firm establishment of the British Empire the Indian Peninsula. When the struggle began, the Mahrattas were masters of no small portion of India; their territory comprising the whole country between Bombay and Delhi, and stretching down from Rajputana to Allahabad; while in the south they were lords of the district of Cuttack, thereby separating Madras from Calcutta. The jealousies of the great Mahratta leaders, Holkar and Scindia, who were constantly at war with each other, or with the Peishwa at Poona, divided and weakened the nation and allowed the British to conquer, although at the cost of much blood, to free a large portion of India from a race that was a scourge--faithless, intriguing and crafty; cruel, and reckless of life. Henty paints the Mahrattas as cowardly tyrants and deserving of their ultimate downfall. - Summary by Lynne Thompson/ G. A. Henty

Recording facts

• Recording title: At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War
• Author credits: G. A. Henty
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 43
• Listed recording duration: 12:53:59

Catalogue topics

• India
• British Empire
• war
• cruelty
• clive
• tyrants

Opening tracks: first 24 of 43

1. 00 - Preface — 2:32
2. 01 - A Faithful Nurse Part 1 — 18:01
3. 02 - A Faithful Nurse Part 2 — 23:05
4. 03 - A Strange Bringing Up Part 1 — 28:23
5. 04 - A Strange Bringing Up Part 2 — 32:21
6. 05 - A Change In Affairs Part 1 — 18:04
7. 06 - A Change In Affairs Part 2 — 24:10
8. 07 - A British Resident Part 1 — 23:01
9. 08 - A British Resident Part 2 — 22:39
10. 09 - Down To Bombay Part 1 — 10:24
11. 10 - Down To Bombay Part 2 — 9:49
12. 11 - Down To Bombay Part 3 — 9:58
13. 12 - Down To Bombay Part 4 — 10:22
14. 13 - In The Company Service Part 1 — 20:55
15. 14 - In The Company Service Part 2 — 22:16
16. 15 - An Act Of Treachery Part 1 — 19:37
17. 16 - An Act Of Treachery Part 2 — 23:42
18. 17 - Nana's Release Part 1 — 23:21
19. 18 - Nana's Release Part 2 — 22:28
20. 19 - A Popular Tumult Part 1 — 20:08
21. 20 - A Popular Tumult Part 2 — 18:00
22. 21 - A Mission By Sea Part 1 — 15:37
23. 22 - A Mission By Sea Part 2 — 23:01
24. 23 - A Prisoner Part 1 — 16:25

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