
audiobook
by Ernst Frei
Lips Tullian und seine Raubgenossen.
Verzeichniß der Abbildungen mit Angabe, wohin sie gehören:
Inhalts-Verzeichniß.
I. Der Entschluß, Räuber zu werden.
II. Der erste Raubmord.
III. Die Aufnahme unter die Räuberbande.
IV. Lips Tullian’s erstes Räuberleben.
V. Der Ueberfall von Trebnitz.
VI. Lips Tullians Flucht und Rettung.
VII. Sarberg, genannt: der Studentenfritz.
In the twilight of the early 1700s, a restless band of outlaws roams the borders of Saxony, Bohemia and Silesia, sowing fear and legend wherever they go. Their leader, a charismatic yet ruthless figure known as Lips Tullian, gathers a motley crew whose daring exploits become the talk of every tavern and village. The narrative opens in a noisy inn on the Polish‑Silesian frontier, where locals exchange hushed tales of the gang’s uncanny ability to vanish from soldiers’ grasp. This vivid tableau sets the stage for a chronicle that blends gritty adventure with a romantic, almost poetic, view of the outlaw world.
The story proceeds with Tullian’s fateful decision to turn to robbery, introducing his companions and the first daring raids that cement their notoriety. Rich, color‑tinted illustrations accompany the text, bringing the forest hideouts, secret caves and dramatic confrontations to life. Listeners will be drawn into a world of daring escapes, shifting loyalties, and the raw tension between law and lawlessness, all narrated with a lyrical flair that makes the era’s darkness feel both thrilling and strangely beautiful.
Full title
Lips Tullian und seine Raubgenossen Eine romantische Schilderung der Thaten dieses furchtbaren Räuberhauptmanns und seiner Bande, welche im Anfange des 18. Jahrhunderts ganz Sachsen, Böhmen und Schlesien mit Furcht, Schrecken und Entsetzen erfüllte Eine romantische Schilderung der Thaten dieses furchtbaren Räuberhauptmanns und seiner Bande, welche im Anfange des 18. Jahrhunderts ganz Sachsen, Böhmen und Schlesien mit Furcht, Schrecken und Entsetzen erfüllte
Language
de
Duration
~8 hours (482K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by SLUB: Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats - und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden at http://www.slub-dresden.de )
Release date
2018-10-29
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
A Swiss memoirist and firsthand witness to World War II, he wrote with the calm detail of someone who had lived the events himself. His best-known book draws on diary material from service in Switzerland’s air force during the war years.
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