The Young Carthaginian
G. A. Henty
Typically, Henty's heroes are boys of pluck in troubled times, and this is no different. Detailed research is embellished with a vivid imagination, especially in this novel set in the Punic wars, about which knowledge is limited: "...certainly we had but a hazy idea as to the merits of the struggle and knew but little of its events, for the Latin and Greek authors, which serve as the ordinary textbooks in schools, do not treat of the Punic wars. That it was a struggle for empire at first, and latterly one for existence on the part of Carthage, that Hannibal was a great and skilful general, that he defeated the Romans at Trebia, Lake Trasimenus, and Cannae, and all but took Rome, and that the Romans behaved with bad faith and great cruelty at the capture of Carthage, represents, I think, pretty nearly the sum total of our knowledge. " (from the preface)
Author - G. A. Henty.
Narrator - LibriVox Community.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
Typically, Henty's heroes are boys of pluck in troubled times, and this is no different. Detailed research is embellished with a vivid imagination, especially in this novel set in the Punic wars, about which knowledge is limited: "...certainly we had but a hazy idea as to the merits of the struggle and knew but little of its events, for the Latin and Greek authors, which serve as the ordinary textbooks in schools, do not treat of the Punic wars. That it was a struggle for empire at first, and latterly one for existence on the part of Carthage, that Hannibal was a great and skilful general, that he defeated the Romans at Trebia, Lake Trasimenus, and Cannae, and all but took Rome, and that the Romans behaved with bad faith and great cruelty at the capture of Carthage, represents, I think, pretty nearly the sum total of our knowledge. " (from the preface) Author - G. A. Henty. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:04:27
Chapter 2
Duration:00:25:45
Chapter 3
Duration:00:32:36
Chapter 4
Duration:00:29:12
Chapter 5
Duration:00:29:50
Chapter 6
Duration:00:35:04
Chapter 7
Duration:00:35:54
Chapter 8
Duration:00:27:50
Chapter 9
Duration:00:34:50
Chapter 10
Duration:00:24:07
Chapter 11
Duration:00:35:37
Chapter 12
Duration:00:31:51
Chapter 13
Duration:00:30:44
Chapter 14
Duration:00:35:52
Chapter 15
Duration:00:40:24
Chapter 16
Duration:00:25:33
Chapter 17
Duration:00:31:58
Chapter 18
Duration:00:31:45
Chapter 19
Duration:00:29:17
Chapter 20
Duration:00:27:13
Chapter 21
Duration:00:32:03
Chapter 22
Duration:00:27:34
Chapter 23
Duration:00:40:32