timli
9 books
*Non-fiction
502
François Fénelon - Lives of the Ancient Philosophers
François Fénelon became a priest in 1675, Archbishop of Paris in 1679, was spiritual advisor to Madame Guyon, and was appointed tutor to Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682-1712) by Louis XIV in 1689. He wrote Dialogues of...
8 hours 34 minutes
Travel Fiction
560
Jules Verne - Meridiana: The adventures of three Englishmen and three Russians in South Africa
Three Englishmen and Three Russians travel across the width of South Africa to measure a meridian. The outbreak of the Crimean War makes the Russians enemy agents in an English colony. Summary by Kim.
5 hours 28 minutes
Memoirs
505
Woodes Rogers - Cruising Voyage Around the World
First to the South-seas, Thence to the East-Indies, and Homewards by the Cape of Good Hope. Begun in 1708, and Finish'd in 1711. Containing a Journal of All the Remarkable Transactions; Particularly, of the Taking of...
15 hours 33 minutes
