Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 7: Part 3: Murat

About this film

LibriVox recording of Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 7: Part 3: Murat by Alexandre Dumas. (Translated by George Burnham Ives.) Read in English by John Van Stan Amidst the political winds from Napoleon’s downfall, this tale turns our attention to the flight of a former French marshal and King of Naples, Joachim Murat. Murat, unhappy with the deal he made to obtain pardon from the Austrian Emperor, takes a life-ending resolution to retake his crown rather than live in peaceful obscurity. - Summary by jvanstan For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (43MB)

Directors & creators

Alexandre Dumas

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;Napoleonic Wars; treason; corsica; execution; naples; joachim murat; calabria; king ferdinand iv of naples; pizzo

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