Blake of the ''Rattlesnake'': Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Blake of the ''Rattlesnake'', credited to Frederick Thomas Jane, 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 Blake of the "Rattlesnake" by Frederick Thomas Jane. Read in English by Mark F. Smith Fred Jane, who later went on to publish his famous "Jane's Fighting Ships", doubtless was noting the success of other books that forecast a British defeat in the event of war in the late 19th century when he wrote this fictional account of "The Man Who Saved England." Jane tells of a possible war against both France and Russia with plenty of verve and derring-do amid naval battles, both small and large. - Summary by Mark

Recording facts

• Recording title: Blake of the ''Rattlesnake''
• Author credits: Frederick Thomas Jane
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 17
• Listed recording duration: 5:21:01

Catalogue topics

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Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 4:50
2. 01 - Torpedoed at Sea — 25:52
3. 02 - Early Victories — 37:10
4. 03 - The Rescue of a Sweetheart — 27:05
5. 04 - The Press-Gang — 11:46
6. 05 - A Torpedo-Boat Attack — 19:10
7. 06 - The Cron Tadt Disaster — 16:06
8. 07 - On Convoy Duty — 23:19
9. 08 - England's Aegospotomi — 13:14
10. 09 - How We Escaped — 18:55
11. 10 - Our Base of Operations — 11:11
12. 11 - A Picnic, and What Came Of It — 18:16
13. 12 - More Troubles — 17:45
14. 13 - Blake's Revolt — 23:50
15. 14 - The Day Before — 14:01
16. 15 - Woman's Love and Man's Duty — 11:36
17. 16 - The Saving of England - ''Torpedo Triumphans'' — 26:54

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