Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 1: The Borgias and the Cenci (version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 1: The Borgias and the Cenci (version 2), credited to Alexandre Dumas, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 1: The Borgias and the Cenci (version 2) by Alexandre Dumas. (Translated by George Burnham Ives.) Read in English by John Van Stan Dumas's 'Celebrated Crimes' was not written for children. The novelist has spared no language--has minced no words--to describe the violent scenes of a violent time. In some instances facts appear distorted out of their true perspective, and in others the author makes unwarranted charges. The careful, mature reader, for whom the books are intended, will recognize, and allow for, this fact. (from publisher's note) The first volume comprises the annals of the Borgias and the Cenci. The name of the noted and notorious Florentine family has become a synonym for intrigue and violence, and yet the Borgias have not been without stanch defenders in history. Another famous Italian story is that of the Cenci. The beautiful Beatrice Cenci--celebrated in the painting of Guido, the sixteenth century romance of Guerrazi, and the poetic tragedy of Shelley, not to mention numerous succeeding works inspired by her hapless fate—will always remain a shadowy figure and one of infinite pathos. ( From introduction)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 1: The Borgias and the Cenci (version 2)
• Author credits: Alexandre Dumas
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 8:21:52

Catalogue topics

• Florence
• Borgias
• beatrice cenci

Track guide

1. 01 - Introduction — 5:13
2. 02 - The Borgias: Preface — 11:32
3. 03 - The Borgias: Chapter 1 — 20:15
4. 04 - The Borgias: Chapter 2 — 17:31
5. 05 - The Borgias: Chapter 3 — 28:40
6. 06 - The Borgias: Chapter 4 — 29:58
7. 07 - The Borgias: Chapter 5 — 52:51
8. 08 - The Borgias: Chapter 6 — 27:25
9. 09 - The Borgias: Chapter 7 — 25:15
10. 10 - The Borgias: Chapter 8 — 21:06
11. 11 - The Borgias: Chapter 9 — 21:45
12. 12 - The Borgias: Chapter 10 — 29:02
13. 13 - The Borgias: Chapter 11 — 33:05
14. 14 - The Borgias: Chapter 12 — 24:02
15. 15 - The Borgias: Chapter 13 — 31:54
16. 16 - The Borgias: Chapter 14 — 15:40
17. 17 - The Borgias: Chapter 15 — 21:58
18. 18 - The Borgias: Chapter 16 — 10:45
19. 19 - The Borgias: Epilogue — 7:53
20. 20 - The Cenci, Part 1 — 23:59
21. 21 - The Cenci, Part 2 — 21:25
22. 22 - The Cenci, Part 3 — 20:38

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