Gert Raeithel

Even though the author forewarns the reader in the preface that the 100 days between the Napoleon's return from Elba to the second abdication, it hardly prepares the reader for the other timeframes left out of the story. Several scenes are dedicated to the Italian campaigns & the directory, as well as to the divorce of Josephine, but the years of the First Consul are omitted, & Marie Louise & the Countess Waleska are not even mentioned.
The play is further flawed by using language that was show more outdated even before Napoleon's time. Not to mention the chronological - like that of Eugene's engagement, or Josephine's realizaton of her love for Napoleon which came about at the end of the Egyptian campaign, & not during the Italian campaign, as Dement had placed it. It is sad that so great a subject should be reduced to such a poor play! show less

Attention: unfunny satire!

Ich mochte das Hörbuch nicht sehr. Am besten fand ich die Musik der supertollen La Brass Banda und ZitherManä, aber auch da war mir das zu wenig und zu einfältig.
Gelesen ist es ganz gut. Aber inhaltlich fand ich es einfach nur nervig, Bayernklischees, die nicht mal als Satire lustig sind. Mich hätte eine echte Ethnografie wirklich interesssiert, aber da müsste man schon anders ran gehen und nicht nur Vorurteile aus fragwürdigen Quellen bringen.