An engaging history of Great Britain in the heyday of Queen Victoria and of her empire by the liberal Irish Member of Parliament, Justin McCarthy. He brings us the larger than life personalities of the day, Victoria and Albert, Russell and Peel, O'Connell and Palmerston, Gladstone and Disraeli, and relates great events, the Afghan War, the Irish famine, and the Crimean War without ever losing sight of the hopes and fears of the common people at home and abroad. (Pamela Nagami)
Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/War & Military; *Non-fiction/History /Modern (19th C); *Non-fiction/Law; *Non-fiction/Political Science
Keywords that describe the book: Whigs, Queen Victoria, Irish Famine, William Ewart Gladstone, Sir Robert Peel, Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Melbourne, Sir John Russell, Daniel O'Connell, Duke of Wellington, Prince Albert, Sepoy Rebellion,Tories, Afghan War
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No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording! START of recording (Intro):
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I wasn't able to get into the MW to mark the sections but I did listen to them.
Section #2 was PL OK !
Both were easy to listen to and to understand since you give it such an intelligent and clear reading. However, there was a problem with section #1. It was too quiet. It only had a volume of 71.5. I amplified it +15 and it gave me a volume of 86.5 using the Checker program. That volume is within the parameters required by Librivox.
After you boost the volume, just upload the new section into the MW and I can have another listen and PL OK it as soon as I get access to the Window.
Looking forward to hearing the rest of this interesting project.
