Facing the Flag


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(4 stars; 17 reviews)

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

Reviews

(3 stars)

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.

(3 stars)

did not like the first reader