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Cover of London to Ladysmith via Pretoria

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London to Ladysmith via Pretoria

作者 Winston S. Churchill · 29 部分 · about 7 hours 4 minutes 阅读时间

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你好,我叫 Finn,我来帮你读懂这本书。

来了,像给10岁的你讲的那样:

温斯顿·丘吉尔去布尔战争做报纸记者时只有二十五岁,但这本书让他出了名。他的装甲列车遭伏击,他被俘,从比勒陀利亚的战俘营逃出来,穿越敌占区,及时赶回报道莱迪史密斯的解围。他写得充满活力和胆量,你能感受到一个年轻人正在发现自己到底能做什么。这是一个关于勇气和机缘的年轻人的故事,读来畅快。

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整本书用英文阅读。这里是所有章节:

章节

Dedication1 min Introductory Note1 min Chapter 1: Steaming South12 min Chapter 2: The State of the Game10 min Chapter 3: Along the Southern Frontier8 min Chapter 4: In Natal8 min Chapter 5: A Cruise in the Armoured Train11 min Chapter 6: Distant Guns13 min Chapter 7: The Fate of the Armoured Train20 min Chapter 8: Prisoners of War10 min Chapter 9: Through the Dutch Camps29 min Chapter 10: In Afrikander Bonds31 min Chapter 11: I Escape from the Boers25 min Chapter 12: Back to the British Lines16 min Chapter 13: Christmas and New Year7 min Chapter 14: A Military Demonstration and Some Good News10 min Chapter 15: The Dash for Potgieter's Ferry15 min Chapter 16: Trichardt's Drift and the Affair of Acton Homes23 min Chapter 17: The Battle of Spion Kop18 min Chapter 18: Through the Five Days' Action22 min Chapter 19: A Fresh Effort and an Army Chaplain8 min Chapter 20: The Combat of Vaal Krantz16 min Chapter 21: Hussar Hill11 min Chapter 22: The Engagement of Monte Cristo14 min Chapter 23: The Passage of the Tugela13 min Chapter 24: The Battle of Pieters: the Third Day18 min Chapter 25: Upon Majuba Day13 min Chapter 26: The Relief of Ladysmith15 min Chapter 27: After the Siege28 min