Creation | 🎧 Audiobook 2: In the Days of Darius the Great

Creation | Audiobook 2/9: In the Days of Darius the Great King. Creation is a novel written by Gore Vidal, where he interprets and animates history, this time in a panoramic tour of the 5th century B.C. and embellishes it with his own ironic humor, brilliant insights, and piercing observations. We meet a vast array of historical figures in a staggering novel of love, war, philosophy, and adventure.

Book 2: In the Days of Darius the Great King.
00:00:04 Part 1. At the beginning there was fire
00:29:20 Part 2. In freezing weather, we went up to Susa
00:44:28 Part 3. Shortly after Artysone’s appearance
00:59:52 Part 4. It is said of the palace at Susa
01:14:34 Part 5. The court left Susa in four contingents
01:35:00 Part 6. In my time, school life was strenuous
01:54:33 Part 7. Lais began her affair with Histiaeus
02:26:50 Part 8. During Childhood I led two lives
02:36:25 Part 9. Babylon is more overwhelming than beautiful

"There isn't a page of CREATION that doesn't inform and very few pages that do not delight." John Leonard, The New York Times.

Audiobook edited by Rueda Books & Arts.

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