The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3, Part 1: The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later by Alexandre DUMAS (1802 - 1870), translated by William ROBSON (1785 - 1863) Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Historical Fiction, Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers Read by: John Van Stan in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 49 - The First Appearance of Colbert 00:18:29 - 50 - The First Day of the Royalty of Louis XIV 00:29:29 - 51 - A Passion 00:45:44 - 52 - D'Artagnan's Lesson 01:02:55 - 53 - The King 01:46:55 - 54 - The Houses of M. Fouquet 02:16:00 - 55 - The Abbe Fouquet 02:34:30 - 56 - M. de la Fontaine's Wine 02:44:10 - 57 - The Gallery of Saint-Mande 02:56:45 - 58 - Epicureans 03:08:25 - 59 - A Quarter of an Hour's Delay 03:24:10 - 60 - Plan of Battle 03:36:25 - 61 - The Cabaret of the Image-de-Notre-Dame 03:55:25 - 62 - Vive Colbert! 04:10:30 - 63 - How M. D'Eymeris' Diamond passed into the Hands of M. D'Artagnan 04:31:00 - 64 - Of the Notable Difference D'Artagnan finds between M. the Intendant and M. the Superintendant 04:49:50 - 65 - Philosophy of the Heart and Mind 04:58:55 - 66 - The Journey 05:12:25 - 67 - How D'Artagnan became acquainted with a Poet, who had turned Printer for the sake of printing his own Verses 05:32:55 - 68 - D'Artagnan continues his Investigations 05:53:10 - 69 - In which the Reader, no doubt, will be as astonished as D'Artagnan was to meet an Old Acquaintance 06:09:10 - 70 - Wherein the Ideas of D'Artagnan, at first strangely clouded, begin to clear up a little 06:29:00 - 71 - A Procession at Vannes 06:46:40 - 72 - The Grandeur of the Bishop of Vannes Volume 3 of The d'Artagnan Romances is divided into three parts. The first begins in 1660, ten years after Volume 2, with d'Artagnan as Lieutenant of the King's Musketeers. In this post, he is very near to achieving his dream (becoming Captain) and even nearer to his King, being young Louis XIV's personal guard. Seeing first-hand how powerless the child King was, d'Artagnan resigns his illustrious, but dull, post to turn his sharp wit and sword toward another ambitious aim: restoration of the English monarchy. To the joy of France, Cardinal Mazarin dies, leaving a power vacuum that pulls at the ill-fated ambitions of the rich and powerful, Nicolas Fouquet. To combat Fouquet's ambitions and wrench the nation back from the brink of bankruptcy, young Louis XIV takes the Cardinal's dying advice and leagues with the economic and sociopolitical reformist, Jean-Baptiste Colbert. Unfortunately, 'The Inseparables' again find each other on different sides of the power struggle: Aramis and Porthos with Fouquet, but d'Artagnan and Athos with the King and Colbert. As d'Artagnan advises King Louis XIV, 'The reign of Mazarin is over, but that of the financiers is begun. They have the money; your majesty will not often see much of it. To live under the paw of these hungry wolves is hard.' - Summary by jvanstan More information: https://librivox.org/the-dartagnan-romances-vol-3-part-1-the-vicomte-de-bragelonne-ten-years-later-by-alexandre-dumas/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Birds, Vol. III, No 2, February 1898 by VARIOUS ( - ) Genre(s): Nature & Animal Fiction, Poetry, Nature Read by: mleigh, Phil Schempf, Colleen McMahon, Larry Wilson, Alan Mapstone, Hanna Ponomarenko, BettyB, Availle, PlantDoc, Alex Foster, Owlivia, Jenn Broda in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Gilbert White and ''Selborne' 00:07:25 - 02 - A Friend of Birds 00:10:17 - 03 - Queer Doings of a Crane 00:12:40 - 04 - The Least Bittern 00:14:50 - 05 - Untitled Poem 00:16:01 - 06 - The Baldpate Duck 00:19:38 - 07 - The Baldpate 00:23:45 - 08 - Wooing Birds' Odd Ways 00:27:58 - 09 - The Purple Finch 00:31:57 - 10 - The Red-Bellied Woodpecker 00:34:28 - 11 - The Red-Bellied Woodpecker 00:37:23 - 12 - A Forced Partnership 00:38:21 - 13 - What is An Egg? 00:39:48 - 14 - The Saw-Whet Owl 00:43:22 - 15 - The Saw-Whet Owl 00:46:20 - 16 - The Black Swan 00:50:22 - 17 - The Black Swan 00:54:02 - 18 - Life in the Nest 00:55:12 - 19 - The Snowy Plover 00:58:32 - 20 - Only a Bird 01:00:15 - 21 - The Lesser Prairie Hen 01:03:11 - 22 - The New Tenants 01:11:43 - 23 - Summary Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes and factual descriptions of birds with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published from 1898-1907 under the various titles, 'Birds,' 'Birds and all Nature,' 'Nature and Art' and 'Birds and Nature.' Later issues were expanded to include animals, plants, etc. Summary by J. M. Smallheer More information: https://librivox.org/birds-vol-iii-no-2-february-1898-by-various/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)