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Facing the Flag

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Like The Begum's Millions, which Verne published in 1879, it has the theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-weapon (what would now be called a weapon of mass destruction) with the threat finally overcome through the force of French patriotism. (Summary by Wikipedia) (6 hr 10 min)

Chapters

01 - Healthful House

26:26

Read by John Kooz

02 - Count D'Artigas

22:23

Read by John Kooz

03 - Kidnapped

20:13

Read by John Kooz

04 - The Schooner Ebba

26:03

Read by John Kooz

05 - Where Am I? (Notes by Simon Hart, the Engineer)

26:46

Read by John Kooz

06 - On Deck

20:59

Read by John Kooz

07 - Two Days at Sea

24:13

Read by John Kooz

08 - Back Cup

23:20

Read by John Kooz

09 - Inside Back Cup

24:07

Read by John Kooz

10 - Ker Karraje

26:01

Read by John Kooz

11 - Five Weeks in Back Cup

18:34

Read by Patrick Wells

12 - Engineer Serko’s Advice

20:32

Read by Patrick Wells

13 - God Be with It

12:40

Read by Patrick Wells

14 - Battle Between the “Sword” and the Tug

21:32

Read by Patrick Wells

15 - Expectation

19:06

Read by Patrick Wells

16 - Only a few more Hours

15:40

Read by Patrick Wells

17 - One against Five

16:16

Read by Nadine Eckert-Boulet

18 - On Board the “Tonnant”

6:04

Read by Patrick Wells

Bewertungen

(0,5 Sterne)

First read has good voice but is sorely lacking in reading skill and attempts to make up for that with an artificial air of superiority which become quite distracting.

well read

(5 Sterne)

A good story with good readers.

(3 Sterne)

did not like the first reader

(3 Sterne)

Good story but the 1st is awful. Does he have a speech impediment? Even the kid that follows him has vastly improved since I began listening to him many books ago.