English· 06:34:23· 27 chapters
History is dominated by war, battles, and sieges. Our history books are full of these. But history books usually don't explain sieges in such an accessible and at times entertaining way as Tudor Jenks manages in this 1909 volume. The text and explanations are directed at children, but interested adults will profit from them in the same way. - Summary by Carolin
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface
04:30 - Chapter 2
The Taking of Cities
09:53 - Chapter 3
The First Period
06:29 - Chapter 4
A Siege in the Earliest Times
17:20 - Chapter 5
The Siege of Troy
16:31 - Chapter 6
The Siege of Babylon, 538 BC
11:50 - Chapter 7
The Siege of Plataea, 429 BC
16:18 - Chapter 8
The Second Period
07:28 - Chapter 9
The Siege of Tyre, 327 BC
15:50 - Chapter 10
The Siege of Saguntum, 219 BC
08:54 - Chapter 11
The Siege of Syracuse, 214 BC
06:40 - Chapter 12
Siege of Alesia, 52 BC
22:58 - Chapter 13
Jerusalem, 70 AD
23:22 - Chapter 14
The Third Period
06:24 - Chapter 15
Constantinople, about 717 AD
18:30 - Chapter 16
Siege of Paris in 885
10:03 - Chapter 17
Siege of Antioch, 1097 AD
21:25 - Chapter 18
The Fourth Period
04:45 - Chapter 19
Siege of Orleans in 1428
23:27 - Chapter 20
The Fall of Constantinople, 1453
13:08 - Chapter 21
The Siege of Rhodes, 1522
29:31 - Chapter 22
The Fifth Period
03:12 - Chapter 23
The Siege of Gibraltar, 1783
15:20 - Chapter 24
The Siege of Antwerp, 1832
13:32 - Chapter 25
The Siege of Vicksburg, 1863
19:55 - Chapter 26
The Siege of Paris, 1870
17:59 - Chapter 27
The Siege of Port Arthur, 1904
29:09