The Sword Maker: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Sword Maker, credited to Robert Barr, 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 Sword Maker by Robert Barr. Read in English by Roman Noble; Theseus Francis; Josh Kibbey; Lynne T; Rita Boutros; ToddHW; KevinMears; Kathryn Cummins; DJRickyV; Skweeky; Campbell Schelp Times are hard in Frankfort. Defeat in war, weak leadership, trade blockades and a starving population lead to a restive and unhappy citizenry. The one thing Frankfort does have is the best three sword-makers in the country, who form a guild to try and find solutions to the economic problems assailing the city. One day, a stranger appears: an instructor in swordsmanship and the craft of sword-making. Despite not being licensed to carry a sword in the city, he promises the guild he can help them make their fortunes and lead the city out of the recession. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Sword Maker
• Author credits: Robert Barr
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 11:44:50

Catalogue topics

• poverty
• guilds
• recession
• starvation

Track guide

1. 01 - An Offer to Open the River — 32:22
2. 02 - The Bargain is Struck Part 1 — 21:45
3. 05 - The Disturbing Journey of Father Ambrose — 38:09
4. swordmaker_04_barr_128kb.mp3 — 38:44
5. 06 - The Countess Von Sayn and the Archbishop of Cologne — 11:27
6. swordmaker_03_barr_128kb.mp3 — 24:14
7. 07 - To be Kept Secret from the Countess — 23:44
8. 08 - Mutiny in the Wilderness — 41:45
9. 09 - The Missing Leader and the Missing Gold — 39:11
10. 10 - A Solemn Proposal of Marriage — 33:36
11. 11 - A Calamitous Conference Part 1 — 21:35
12. 12 - A Calamitous Conference Part 2 — 24:21
13. 13 - Gold Galore that Takes to Itself Wings — 40:53
14. 14 - The Laughing Red Margrave of Furstenberg — 43:49
15. 15 - 'A Sentence: Come, Prepare!' — 17:55
16. 16 - The Prisoner of Ehrenfels — 44:16
17. 17 - Journeys End in Lovers' Meeting — 16:07
18. 18 - My Lady Scatters the Freebooters and Captures Their Chief — 36:57
19. 19 - 'For the Empress and not for the Empire!' — 28:36
20. 20 - The Sword Maker at bay — 26:35
21. 21 - The Betrothal in the Garden — 14:16
22. 22 - The Mystery of the Forest — 20:22
23. 23 - A Secret Marriage — 24:12
24. 24 - Long Live Their Majesties — 26:04

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