The Siege of Belgrade


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

(5 stars; 1 reviews)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 different recordings of The Siege of Belgrade by Alaric Alexander Watts, an abecedarian poem that begins each line with the next letter of the alphabet. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of May 25th, 2008. (0 hr 18 min)

Chapters

The Siege of Belgrade - Read by AC 1:43 Read by Anne Cheng
The Siege of Belgrade - Read by ACJ 2:42 Read by Alana Jordan
The Siege of Belgrade - Read by CD 1:57 Read by CalmDragon
The Siege of Belgrade - Read by DNS 2:03 Read by Donna Stewart
The Siege of Belgrade - Read by JD 1:58 Read by Jan Dawn Doronila
The Siege of Belgrade - Read by KB 1:51 Read by Kristine Bekere
The Siege of Belgrade - Read by KLH 1:50 Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
The Siege of Belgrade - Read by LAW 1:40 Read by Laurie Anne Walden
The Siege of Belgrade - Read by SAC 2:47 Read by Sally Ann Cook

Reviews

re not Belgrade


(0 stars)

Interesting-, however my research says quote - On 22 July 1456, the Christian Hungarian armies defending Nándorfehérvár (now Belgrade) were victorious against the forces of Turkish Sultan Mehmed II following a battle that lasted over two weeks, and as a result delayed the Ottoman Empire’s attempts to conquer Europe for a period of seventy years. Never before had a Christian army achieved a victory of this scale against the Sultan’s forces. Read more at: https://dailynewshungary.com/the-heroism-of-the-nandorfehervar-victory-is-still-needed-today/ unquote

You are right.


(5 stars)

Well i'll be. I thought i knew my history. Your research is accurate. The city was liberated from the K.u.k.M. in 1878 and Serbia was founded in 1882. At the time the painting was made, the city was called Nándorfehérvár, and was part of the K.u.k.M.