Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen

De: Lili‘uokalani

Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller

In 1893, Liliuokalani, the Queen of Hawaii, was deposed and five years later her nation became an incorporated territory of the United States.

Published shortly after these momentous events, her book Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen is an incredibly personal history of the islands that she was born to rule. Liliuokalani covers from her birth in 1838 through the reigns of her forebears to her own turbulent time as Queen of the Hawaiian Islands.

Written to explain to the world the injustice of her situation and to reclaim the sovereignty which she had lost, the Chicago Daily Tribune claimed that "no scholar or lawyer could have state[d] it more effectively." But despite her persuasive prose Hawaii never again regained its independence or its monarchy.

Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen is a fascinating history of one of the United States of America's smallest but most unique states as it was going through significant change at the turn of the 20th century.

Queen Liliuokalani was the last reigning monarch of the kingdom of Hawaii. She ascended the throne in January of 1891, upon the death of her brother, King David Kalakaua. For years after her overthrow, the Queen sought redress in the Congress and courts of the United States, but her efforts failed. Her autobiographical history Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen is the only work by a Hawaiian monarch and provides insight into her fight to regain her throne and life on Hawaii during the late-19th century.

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So much amazing information

I didn’t know so much of this story, absolutely fascinating. A must listen, so much history, interesting facts, nature, nautical, fascinating!

Our Queen’s Story

I thought the narrator of this book did an excellent job. She spoke clearly, plainly and pronounced the Hawaiian words correctly. Her heart was definitely in this read. I could imagine Queen Lili’uokalani, herself talking story with me. I will listen to this again and I do recommend it for everyone. I especially recommend it for the Hawaiian people.

learning about Hawaii

I had heard this book was really good and it surpassed expectations. love to learn as much as I can and this was phenomenal.

Epic Insight

An astute and exceedingly intelligent memoir from Queen Liliuokalani; in Her profound and thoughful words.

Emotional

The narrator's performance put you there at that time and place alongside with Lili'okalani.
Her Majesty Lili'uokalani 's story is so eloquently written, resonating her passion and devotion for her people and country with grace and humility, regardless of the trials she endured.

What an elegant leader!

Such a great slice of life over 100 years ago that really tells a poignant observation. It tells me things have not progressed all that much when it comes to Greed and Corruption from powerful white men. It's a cautionary tale that we should heed. I am ashamed at times to be a white male knowing how we treated the Hawaiians, American Indians and other people of color.

ENJOYABLE HISTORY LESSON

I enjoyed learning more about the history of our 50th state. I learned of Lili'Uokalani in the podcast Noble Blood. Highly recommend both.

Remarkable memoir by an extraordinary individual

This is a fantastic book and an excellent audible performance. Queen Liliuokalani was an incredibly powerful writer as well as a truly remarkable person in her own right. Definitely a must read by anyone interested in Hawaiian history and culture.

A queens perspective

Definite bias, but interesting perspective from the royalty being chronicled. Informative of a questionable era in Hawaii history. The powerful always has their agenda.

Improper pronunciation is very distracting

I tried listening to this version, and the voice actor is talented and seems to have made an attempt to learn the basics of Hawaiian phonetics, but mispronounced “Hawaiian” as “Havaiʻian” throughout the book. This is incorrect and very distracting, especially considering how frequently this word appears in the text. Although it is fine to pronounce “Hawaiʻi” as “Havaiʻi”, “Hawaiian” is an English word lacking an ʻokina and it isn’t pronounced that way. Additionally, the reader mispronounced “Honolulu” as “Hanalulu”. There is another version available for purchase, and the reader’s pronunciation is much better.