AudioPod : The Keeping of the Bridge by Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay, Rating Adult, Genre Fiction, Heroic

The Keeping of the Bridge

Title

The Keeping of the Bridge

Author

Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay

Age Group

Adult

Rating

Not yet rated.

Genre

Fiction, Heroic

Duration

0 hours 22 minutes 42 seconds

Summary

In it, Macaulay describes the heroism of Horatius Cocles and of two comrades, Herminius and Spurius Lartius. They volunteer to buy time for the city of Rome by denying access to a bridge over the Tiber to an invading army by standing guard on the far side, keeping the enemy off the bridge. The bridge is the invading army's only way to reach Rome.

Narrator

Andy Minter



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