Lucretia Borgia: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Lucretia Borgia, credited to Ferdinand Gregorovius, 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 Lucretia Borgia by Ferdinand Gregorovius. (Translated by John Leslie Garner.) Read in English by Emily Maynard. According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day. Lucretia Borgia is the most unfortunate woman in modern history. Is this because she was guilty of the most hideous crimes, or is it simply because she has been unjustly condemned by the world to bear its curse? The question has never been answered. (Summary from the Introduction)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Lucretia Borgia
• Author credits: Ferdinand Gregorovius
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 35
• Listed recording duration: 10:42:53

Catalogue topics

• Italy
• history
• biography
• women

Opening tracks: first 24 of 35

1. 00 - Dedication and Introduction — 14:38
2. 01 - Book 1, Chapter 1: Lucretia's Father — 12:22
3. 02 - Book 1, Chapter 2: Lucretia's Mother — 8:26
4. 03 - Book 1, Chapter 3: Lucretia's First Home — 8:01
5. 04 - Book 1, Chapter 4: Lucretia's Education — 22:14
6. 05 - Book 1, Chapter 5: Nepotism - Giulia Farnese - Lucretia's Bethrothals — 16:12
7. 06 - Book 1, Chapter 6: Her Father Becomes Pope - Giovanni Sforza — 14:31
8. 07 - Book 1, Chapter 7: Lucretia's First Marriage — 14:58
9. 08 - Book 1, Chapter 8: Family Affairs — 15:45
10. 09 - Book 1, Chapter 9: Lucretia Leaves Rome — 8:27
11. 10 - Book 1, Chapter 10: History and Description Of Pesaro — 18:52
12. 11 - Book 1, Chapter 11: The Invasion of Italy - The Profligate World — 25:25
13. 12 - Book 1, Chapter 12: The Divorce and Second Marriage — 16:49
14. 13 - Book 1, Chapter 13: A Regent and a Mother — 20:13
15. 14 - Book 1, Chapter 14: Social Life of the Borgias — 21:16
16. 15 - Book 1, Chapter 15: Misfortunes of Catarina Sforza — 14:24
17. 16 - Book 1, Chapter 16: Murder of Alfonso of Aragon — 13:21
18. 17 - Book 1, Chapter 17: Lucretia at Nepi — 12:15
19. 18 - Book 1,Chapter 18: Cæsar at Pesaro — 15:20
20. 19 - Book 1, Chapter 19: Another Marriage Planned for Lucretia — 25:07
21. 20 - Book 1, Chapter 20: Negotiations with the House of Este — 24:58
22. 21 - Book 1, Chapter 21: The Eve of the Wedding — 20:23
23. 22 - Book 1, Chapter 22: Arrival and Return of the Bridal Escort — 34:47
24. 23 - Book 2, Chapter 1: Lucretia's Journey to Ferrara — 17:55

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