The Shame of Motley: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Shame of Motley by Rafael Sabatini: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 21 original MP3 tracks, 9:16:19 running time and a link to listen.

The Shame of Motley, credited to Rafael Sabatini, 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 Shame of Motley by Rafael Sabatini. Read in English by KiwiReader24. This is a swashbuckler romance set in Italy in 1400s. The hero, Lazzaro Biancamonte is of noble birth but became a court jester under threat of death by a tyrant,.Giovanni Sforza. The novel traces his adventures and those of his beloved Madonna Paola De Santafiore through several harrowing years. Cesare Borgia holds a vital part in the resolution of their troubles. - Summary by KiwiReader24
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Shame of Motley
- Author credits: Rafael Sabatini
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 21
- Listed recording duration: 9:16:19
Catalogue topics
- humour
- Italy
- swashbuckler
- historical romance.
Track guide
- 01 - Flower of the Quince, The Cardinal of Valencia — 17:53
- 02 - The Liveries of Santafior — 25:03
- 03 - Madonna Paola — 31:07
- 04 - The Cozening of Ramiro — 27:50
- 05 - Madonna's Ingratitude — 25:53
- 06 - Fool's Luck — 32:23
- 07 - The Summons from Rome — 28:46
- 08 - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin — 28:29
- 09 - The Fool-at-Arms — 26:07
- 10 - The Fall of Pesaro — 29:23
- 11 - The Ogre of Cesena, Madonna's Summons — 15:55
- 12 - The Governor of Cesena — 25:40
- 13 - Poison — 26:14
- 14 - Requiescat! — 28:51
- 15 - An Ill Encounter — 25:06
- 16 - In the Citadel of Cesena — 25:49
- 17 - The Seneschal — 27:11
- 18 - The Letter — 39:07
- 19 - Doomed — 13:58
- 20 - The Sunset — 29:12
- 21 - Ave Caesar! — 26:22
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