Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV, credited to Francis Parkman, Jr., 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 Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV by Francis Parkman, Jr.. Read in English by Celine Major Part five of Francis Parkman's multi-volume series France and England in North America is but one of the masterful narratives that have earned him the reputation as one of the most notable American historians. Preface excerpt: The events recounted in this book group themselves in the main about a single figure, that of Count Frontenac, the most remarkable man who ever represented the crown of France in the New World. From strangely unpromising beginnings, he grew with every emergency, and rose equal to every crisis. His whole career was one of conflict, sometimes petty and personal, sometimes of momentous consequence, involving the question of national ascendancy on this continent. NOTE: This audio recording does not include footnotes which mostly refer to the original French sources. They can be found at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6875. (Summary by Celine Major)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV
• Author credits: Francis Parkman, Jr.
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 10:03:43

Catalogue topics

• history
• United States
• Canada
• France
• Louis XIV
• new world
• north america
• frontenac

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 5:12
2. 01 - Chapter I ''1620 - 1672 Count and Countess Frontenac'' - Chapter II ''1672 - 1675 Frontenac at Quebec'' — 33:41
3. 02 - Chapter III ''1673 - 1675 Frontenac and Perrot'' — 24:14
4. 03 - Chapter IV ''1675 - 1682 Frontenac and Duchesneau'' — 37:58
5. 04 - Chapter V ''1682 - 1684 Lefevre de la Barre'' — 22:44
6. 05 - Chapter VI ''1684 La Barre and the Iroquois'' — 37:10
7. 06 - Chapter VII ''1685-1687 Denonville and Dongan'' — 31:16
8. 07 - Chapter VIII ''1687 Denonville and the Senecas'' — 23:32
9. 08 - Chapter IX ''1687 - 1689 The Iroquois Invasion'' — 34:21
10. 09 - Chapter X ''1689 - 1690 Return of Frontenac'' — 30:38
11. 10 - Chapter XI ''1690 The Three War-Parties'' — 33:22
12. 11 - Chapter XII ''1690 Massachusetts Attacks Quebec'' — 35:33
13. 12 - Chapter XIII ''1690 Defence of Quebec'' — 31:41
14. 13 - Chapter XIV ''1690 - 1694 The Scourge of Canada'' — 42:19
15. 14 - Chapter XV ''1691 - 1695 An Interlude'' — 24:24
16. 15 - Chapter XVI ''1690 - 1694 The War in Acadia'' — 45:41
17. 16 - Chapter XVII ''1690 - 1697 New France and New England'' — 22:41
18. 17 - Chapter XVIII ''1693 - 1697 French and English Rivalry'' — 28:03
19. 18 - Chapter XIX ''1696 - 1698 Frontenac Attacks the Onondagas'' — 24:14
20. 19 - Chapter XX ''1698 Death of Frontenac'' and Chapter XXI ''1699 - 1701 Conclusion'' — 34:59

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