The Story of Old France: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Story of Old France, credited to H. A. Guerber, 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 Story of Old France by H. A. Guerber. Read in English by Kangaroo; Sonia; Owen Cook; Michael Lucas; MFD32; Ross Klatte; Kalynda; Ulysse McConnell; Will Thompson; Mayah; Ananda; Teresa McPeat; Shasta; Eva Davis; Aaron Rivera The aim of this volume is to give a complete graphic account of the main features of the history of France to 1715 A.D., with as much additional illuminating detail as limited space permits. Besides outlines of the principal events, this narrative includes many biographical sketches, together with the anecdotes and sayings to which allusions are often made in literature, politics, and arts. It also gives such data in regard to places, public buildings, and works of art as the well informed like to have at their fingers' ends. (from the Preface)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Story of Old France
• Author credits: H. A. Guerber
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 91
• Listed recording duration: 9:57:18

Catalogue topics

• France
• old france
• guerber

Opening tracks: first 24 of 91

1. 00 - Preface — 3:23
2. 01 - France Long Ago — 3:05
3. 02 - How the Gauls Came Into France — 4:17
4. 03 - The Priests of the Gauls — 5:45
5. 04 - Sailor Stories — 4:10
6. 05 - Conquests of the Gauls — 4:21
7. 06 - Two Great Battles — 4:10
8. 07 - Caesar in Gaul — 5:31
9. 08 - Gaul Under the Romans — 8:54
10. 09 - The First Christian Martyrs — 3:47
11. 10 - The Patron Saint of France — 5:06
12. 11 - How the Franks Came Into Gaul — 7:56
13. 12 - The First Kings — 6:20
14. 13 - Conversion and Conquests of Clovis — 7:30
15. 14 - Clotaire and His Relatives — 6:43
16. 15 - Two Rival Queens — 4:01
17. 16 - Good King Dagobert and His Successors — 5:31
18. 17 - The Saracens Checked — 3:11
19. 18 - The End of the Merovingians — 5:09
20. 19 - Charlemagne's Wars — 7:34
21. 20 - Charlemagne's Manner of Life — 8:39
22. 21 - Charlemagne, Emperor — 7:08
23. 22 - Feudalism — 7:26
24. 23 - Troublesome Sons — 5:03

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