His Wisdom, the Defender: A Story by Simon Newcomb (1835 – 1909)
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Read by: Terry Kroenung in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 – 01 – Prologue
00:02:30 – 02 – Chapter 1 – An Uncanny Workshop
00:21:28 – 03 – Chapter 2 – The City of the Potomac
00:42:24 – 04 – Chapter 3 – An Italian Romance
00:56:43 – 05 – Chapter 4 – The Angelic Order of Seraphim
01:23:50 – 06 – Chapter 5 – The First Motes
01:33:31 – 07 – Chapter 6 – Mystery on Mystery
01:54:52 – 08 – Chapter 7 – And Another for the Duke
02:06:50 – 09 – Chapter 8 – The Great Unveiling
02:28:54 – 10 – Chapter 9 – A Voyage Through Space
02:58:45 – 11 – Chapter 10 – How the World Received the News
03:25:11 – 12 – Chapter 11 – The Red-Headed Man…
03:52:08 – 13 – Chapter 12 – Our Hero Makes a Clean Breast
04:16:21 – 14 – Chapter 13 – The Mysterious Expedition
04:34:35 – 15 – Chapter 14 – The Attack on the German Armies
04:58:43 – 16 – Chapter 15 – A Captive Emperor
05:17:18 – 17 – Chapter 16 – The Naval Attack on Elba
05:40:40 – 18 – Chapter 17 – The French Attempt on the Cynthia
06:02:09 – 19 – Chapter 18 – Austria Threatens Checkmate
06:15:30 – 20 – Chapter 19 – The Dawn
06:27:10 – 21 – Chapter 20 – The Proclamation
06:41:04 – 22 – Chapter 21 – Rah! Rah! Rah! The Defender!
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spoilers if you aren't at chapter 17 yet..
The provocation of the German army was a surprise to me. I didn't expect him to advocate any violent, albeit not outright destructive action, but he is playing the long game and I suppose he knew it would come war anyway eventually. I'm currently at chapter 16 where he is defending the island.
Thanks much, Great!