Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 1
Charles F. Horne
38 chapters · 11 h 46 min · English
Read by Greg Giordano, Phil Schempf, Stephen Marsh, Mary Schneider, Claudia Salto, Nathan Dickey and others
Biography & Autobiography
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Great Men and Famous Women is an 8-volume work by various authors containing “A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History.” The set is edited by Charles F. Horne, a prolific American author who wrote mainly history. The focus of Volume 1 is “Soldiers and Sailors”. (Summary by lubee930)
Chapters
1 Nebuchadnezzar 13 min 2 Cyrus the Great 14 min 3 Alexander the Great 14 min 4 Hannibal 12 min 5 Scipio Africanus Major 22 min 6 Caius Marius 25 min 7 Julius Caesar 18 min 8 Marc Antony 11 min 9 Hermann 9 min 10 Trajan 28 min 11 Diocletian 21 min 12 Alaric the Bold 10 min 13 Attila 8 min 14 Clovis the First 12 min 15 Belisarius 15 min 16 Charles Martel 13 min 17 Pepin the Short 12 min 18 Charlemagne 36 min 19 Olaf Tryggveson 26 min 20 William the Conqueror 19 min 21 Godfrey de Bouillon 29 min 22 Saladin 11 min 23 Edward I of England 17 min 24 Edward III of England 15 min 25 Edward The Black Prince 24 min 26 Bertrand du Guesclin 7 min 27 Henry V of England 21 min 28 John Huniades 35 min 29 Warwick, The King-Maker 13 min 30 Hernando Cortes 22 min 31 Francisco Pizarro 29 min 32 Gaspard de Coligni 26 min 33 Henry IV of France 14 min 34 Sir Francis Drake 28 min 35 Sir Walter Raleigh 25 min 36 Miles Standish 15 min 37 Albrecht von Wallenstein 18 min 38 Gustavus Adolphus 17 min
