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Alps, the Danube and the Near East

Public domain audiobook

Alps, the Danube and the Near East

by Frank G. Carpenter

English· 08:47:27· 37 chapters
Journeying through many countries including Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Switzerland and Greece, the author gives an in-depth account of many aspects of the culture of the times and the people of the regions. (Summary by Betty B)

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Introducing Ourselves

    03:13
  2. Chapter 2

    At the World's Peace Capital

    18:13
  3. Chapter 3

    Europe's Oldest Republic

    17:07
  4. Chapter 4

    The Beehives of the Alps

    11:44
  5. Chapter 5

    From the Top of the Jungfrau

    14:00
  6. Chapter 6

    Venice

    14:12
  7. Chapter 7

    Over the Plains of Lombardy to Milan

    17:25
  8. Chapter 8

    The Eternal City

    16:05
  9. Chapter 9

    The Grandeur that was Rome

    23:43
  10. Chapter 10

    In Czechoslovakia

    17:16
  11. Chapter 11

    Motoring through Bohemia

    12:45
  12. Chapter 12

    A Nation of Athletes

    14:26
  13. Chapter 13

    From Prague to Vienna

    09:23
  14. Chapter 14

    Vienna

    14:00
  15. Chapter 15

    Austria, the Republic

    11:27
  16. Chapter 16

    In the Footsteps of the Hapsburgs

    11:09
  17. Chapter 17

    The Country of the Magyars

    09:05
  18. Chapter 18

    Budapest, Where East and West Meet

    14:40
  19. Chapter 19

    Bread Lands of the Danube

    15:42
  20. Chapter 20

    Belgrade

    15:36
  21. Chapter 21

    The Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

    12:12
  22. Chapter 22

    Peasant Maids and Patchwork Farms

    10:44
  23. Chapter 23

    Athens

    16:57
  24. Chapter 24

    The Kings of Greece

    14:08
  25. Chapter 25

    Motoring through the Land of Homer

    15:09
  26. Chapter 26

    Digging Up Old Greece

    14:58
  27. Chapter 27

    Seen in Sofia

    15:10
  28. Chapter 28

    Bulgaria and Its King

    15:12
  29. Chapter 29

    A National Labor Army

    11:12
  30. Chapter 30

    Greater Rumania

    14:39
  31. Chapter 31

    In Rumania's Oil Fields

    13:26
  32. Chapter 32

    At the Queen's Table

    21:43
  33. Chapter 33

    Constantinople

    13:24
  34. Chapter 34

    The New Woman in Turkey

    13:01
  35. Chapter 35

    Here and There in Stamboul

    13:43
  36. Chapter 36

    Fanatics of Islam

    17:29
  37. Chapter 37

    The Passing of the Sultans

    13:09