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The Escape of a Princess Pat

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(4,5 Sterne; 6 Bewertungen)

Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland. (Summary from Book subtitle)

This is to celebrate Remembrance Day 2008.

NB. There are recordings of Chapter 4 by two different readers. The zip file includes both. Variety is the spice of life! (4 hr 15 min)

Chapters

01 - Preface, Polygon Wood

9:13

Read by Esther

02 - The Fourth of May

3:57

Read by Laura Caldwell

03 - Corporal Edwards Takes up the Tale

5:33

Read by John W. Michaels

04 - Major Gault Comes Back

5:01

Read by Varra Unreal

05 - The Eighth of May and the Last Stand of the Princess Pats

5:46

Read by John W. Michaels

06 - Prisoners

14:41

Read by Graham Redman

07 - Pulling the Leg of a German General

21:50

Read by John W. Michaels

08 - The Princess Patricia's German Uncle

10:18

Read by John W. Michaels

09 - How the German Red Cross Tended the Canadian Wounded

6:35

Read by John W. Michaels

10 - The Curious Concoctions of the Chef at Giessen

6:27

Read by John W. Michaels

11 - The Way They Have at Giessen

5:47

Read by John W. Michaels

12 - The Escape

19:45

Read by Esther

13 - The Traitor at Vehnmoor

12:31

Read by John W. Michaels

14 - Away Again

9:44

Read by John W. Michaels

15 - Paying the Piper

19:40

Read by David Lawrence

16 - The Third Escape

21:19

Read by Esther

17 - What Happened in the Wood

22:14

Read by Esther

18 - The Last Lap

9:49

Read by John W. Michaels

19 - Holland at Last

8:44

Read by Esther

20 - It's a Way They Have in the Army

10:18

Read by John W. Michaels

21 - The Evidence in the Case

8:50

Read by John W. Michaels

Bewertungen

(3 Sterne)

Interesting first hand account of a WWI soldier's capture, imprisonment, and escape from the Germans. Errors in this recording: the label of each chapter was one ahead of the recorded chapter and a recording of the final chapter is missing. Also, the reader of chapter 4 was not a native English speaker. Her accent made it impossible for me to understand the majority of that chapter.

Excitement, adventure, and really wild things

(5 Sterne)

Vivid, emotional, and compelling account of Canadian and British prisoners and how they endure (and try to escape from) German POW camps during World War I. Well written. And well read by various LibriVox volunteers.

really good

(5 Sterne)

Ditto's to the kudos below. Needs a better title tho; it no way reflects the excellent book.

(5 Sterne)

the reader in Chapter 4 is hard to understand. must be English as a second language.