Reminiscences of Captain Gronow
A collection of memoirs about the Peninsular War, the Battle of Waterloo, and society and personalities of Regency London and 19th century Paris, by a sometime Grenadier Guards officer, unsuccessful parliamentarian, and dandy. Gronow displays some social attitudes of the day which would now be regarded as unacceptable, but is a clever raconteur who brings to life both the horrors of war and the gaiety of high society. (Summary by Ruth Golding and Wikipedia)
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Memoirs, Modern (19th C)
Language: English
Keyword(s): war (234), London (164), memoirs (122), paris (69), military history (20), regency (12), peninsular war (4), battle of waterloo (3), Second French Empire (1)
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | Sections 01 - 12 The Peninsular War | Ruth Golding |
00:50:04 |
| Play 02 | Sections 13 - 17 Regency London | Ruth Golding |
00:25:50 |
| Play 03 | Sections 18 - 25 Regency London | Ruth Golding |
00:51:11 |
| Play 04 | Sections 25 - 33 The Battle of Waterloo | Ruth Golding |
00:25:55 |
| Play 05 | Sections 34 - 42 Military matters; Post-war Paris | Ruth Golding |
00:33:30 |
| Play 06 | Sections 43 - 50 Parisian society | Ruth Golding |
00:43:17 |
| Play 07 | Sections 51 - 61 Parisian society; British and French characters | Ruth Golding |
00:31:55 |
| Play 08 | Sections 62 - 68 Money-lending; British characters | Ruth Golding |
00:35:48 |
| Play 09 | Sections 69 - 73 British characters | Ruth Golding |
00:18:31 |
| Play 10 | Sections 74 - 88 British characters; Franco-British relations | Ruth Golding |
00:37:44 |