The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World, credited to Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy, 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 The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy. Read in English by Ernst Schnell; bala; Max Wainer; Dave Gillespie; Leni; Arnie Horton; Ryan Cherrick; James E.; Easton; Tom Johnson; Jack Blake; Ken Masters; Robin Cotter; Ramon Escamilla; Denise Nordell; John Van Stan; Josh Kirsh; Bill Mosley; Richard Beck This work is Edward Creasy's best known fundamental work of history. It describes in detail 15 battles of world history, beginning with the Battle of Marathon of 490 BC and ending with the Battle of Waterloo of 1815. Each chapter is illustrated with rich historical detail and a timeline of events. - Summary by Carolin

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World
• Author credits: Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 57
• Listed recording duration: 19:25:02

Catalogue topics

• Waterloo
• armada
• marathon
• syracuse
• arbela
• metaurus
• varus
• chalons

Opening tracks: first 24 of 57

1. 01 - Preface — 8:37
2. 02 - Chapter I - The Battle of Marathon - Part 1 — 19:02
3. 03 - Chapter I - The Battle of Marathon - Part 2 — 21:54
4. 04 - Chapter I - The Battle of Marathon - Part 3 — 19:35
5. 05 - Chapter I - The Battle of Marathon - Part 4 — 20:04
6. 06 - Chapter I - The Battle of Marathon - Part 5 — 19:59
7. 07 - Chapter II - Defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse, BC 413 - Part 1 — 20:32
8. 08 - Chapter II - Defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse, BC 413 - Part 2 — 17:55
9. 09 - Chapter II - Defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse, BC 413 - Part 3 — 18:01
10. 10 - Chapter III - The Battle of Arbela, BC 331 - Part 1 — 21:03
11. 11 - Chapter III - The Battle of Arbela, BC 331 - Part 2 — 20:10
12. 12 - Chapter III - The Battle of Arbela, BC 331 - Part 3 — 18:01
13. 13 - Chapter III - The Battle of Arbela, BC 331 - Part 4 — 19:46
14. 14 - Chapter IV - The Battle of the Metaurus, BC 207 - Part 1 — 21:29
15. 15 - Chapter IV - The Battle of the Metaurus, BC 207 - Part 2 — 19:51
16. 16 - Chapter IV - The Battle of the Metaurus, BC 207 - Part 3 — 17:27
17. 17 - Chapter IV - The Battle of the Metaurus, BC 207 - Part 4 — 16:08
18. 18 - Chapter IV - The Battle of the Metaurus, BC 207 - Part 5 — 23:41
19. 19 - Chapter V - Victory of Arminius over the Roman Legions under Varus, AD 9 - Part 1 — 20:24
20. 20 - Chapter V - Victory of Arminius over the Roman Legions under Varus, AD 9 - Part 2 — 19:23
21. 21 - Chapter V - Victory of Arminius over the Roman Legions under Varus, AD 9 - Part 3 — 24:44
22. 22 - Chapter VI - The Battle of Chalons, AD 451 - Part 1 — 35:42
23. 23 - Chapter VI - The Battle of Chalons, AD 451 - Part 2 — 35:02
24. 24 - Chapter VII - The Battle of Tours, AD 732 - Part 1 — 16:51

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