Cavour: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Cavour, credited to Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco, 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 Cavour by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco. Read in English by Pamela Nagami Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810-1861) was an Italian statesman and a leading figure in the movement for Italian unification. A nobleman born in Turin, Cavour founded the political newspaper "Il Risorgimento." An ardent admirer of Britain's constitution monarchy, with whose statesmen he forged strong diplomatic ties, he rose to become prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia under King Victor Emmanuel II. By skillful maneuvering, Cavour enlisted the military support of Emperor Napoleon III of France in freeing the Italian states from Austrian tyranny, and in an uneasy alliance with the military leader Giuseppe Garibaldi, he forged the modern Italian state. - Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Cavour
• Author credits: Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 27
• Listed recording duration: 7:15:55

Catalogue topics

• Crimean War
• napoleon iii
• risorgimento
• camillo benso
• count of cavour
• king charles albert of sardinia
• unification of italy
• victor emmanuel i of sardinia

Opening tracks: first 24 of 27

1. 00 - Preface — 4:12
2. 01 - Ch. 1: Heredity and Environment, Pt. 1 — 19:27
3. 02 - Ch. 1: Heredity and Environment, Pt. 2 — 20:40
4. 03 - Ch. 2: Travel Years, Pt. 1 — 13:51
5. 04 - Ch. 2: Travel Years, Pt. 2 — 16:51
6. 05 - Ch. 3: The Journalist, Pt. 1 — 16:10
7. 06 - Ch. 3: The Journalist, Pt. 2 — 19:16
8. 07 - Ch. 4: In Parliament, Pt. 1 — 16:46
9. 08 - Ch. 4: In Parliament, Pt. 2 — 18:55
10. 09 - Ch. 5: The Great Ministry, Pt. 1 — 16:12
11. 10 - Ch. 5: The Great Ministry, Pt. 2 — 18:33
12. 11 - Ch. 6: The Crimean War--Struggle with the Church, Pt. 1 — 19:28
13. 12 - Ch. 6: The Crimean War--Struggle with the Church, Pt. 2 — 16:15
14. 13 - Ch. 7: The Congress of Paris, Pt. 1 — 16:19
15. 14 - Ch. 7: The Congress of Paris, Pt. 2 — 18:31
16. 15 - Ch. 8: The Pact of Plombières, Pt. 1 — 16:11
17. 16 - Ch. 8: The Pact of Plombières, Pt. 2 — 18:32
18. 17 - Ch. 9: The War of 1859--Villafranca, Pt. 1 — 15:18
19. 18 - Ch. 9: The War of 1859--Villafranca, Pt. 2 — 16:15
20. 19 - Ch. 10: Savoy and Nice, Pt. 1 — 13:23
21. 20 - Ch. 10: Savoy and NIce, Pt. 2 — 13:40
22. 21 - Ch. 11: The Sicilian Expedition, Pt. 1 — 13:19
23. 22 - Ch. 11: The Sicilian Expedition, Pt. 2 — 13:01
24. 23 - Ch. 12: The Kingdom of Italy, Pt. 1 — 16:48

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