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War Pigeons 1: WP & Me
- A Boy and His War Pigeon in WW1
- By: Adrian Beckingham
- Narrated by: Rafe Beckley
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Written in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, WP & Me is a story relevant to our times in the COVID era and beyond. It follows a London family as they go through the ravages of war upon them. Standing in huge shopping queues outside stores, dealing with rationing, changes in the schoolyard or the workplace, travel restrictions, and an unruly media often confusing the population - all this they must cope with, not to mention the sense of fear everywhere.
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Pigeons! In WWI - fascinating!
- By DabOfDarkness on 12-31-21
- War Pigeons 1: WP & Me
- A Boy and His War Pigeon in WW1
- By: Adrian Beckingham
- Narrated by: Rafe Beckley
Great Book!!
Reviewed: 03-23-21
A powerful war story suitable for older children which leaves the listener fully engaged. Thanks Adrian Beckingham and Rafe Beckley.
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The Diamond Ship
- By: Adrian Beckingham
- Narrated by: Guy Barnes
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
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History and legend remember many pirate stories and captains - but until now not the true story about the pirate crew who seized the most valuable treasure hoard ever taken on the high seas! In the year 1721, a British pirate captain named John Taylor, accompanied by a French captain nicknamed The Buzzard, seized the richest single booty ever to come into pirate hands. The Diamond Ship follows the true journey of this band of unruly pirates, in a story which until now has lain buried for three centuries in odd pieces of parchment and random scraps of marine diaries.
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Ahoy Matey!
- By kutzkai on 05-27-21
- The Diamond Ship
- By: Adrian Beckingham
- Narrated by: Guy Barnes
BRINGS HISTORY ALIVE!!
Reviewed: 01-19-21
I was visiting London as a tourist and went to see lots of museums. One of them was The Golden Hinde, a life size working model of the galleon by the same name belonging to the famous privateer Sir Francis Drake. The author of The Diamond Ship was on board in genuine pirate garb telling children this story. Everyone was enchanted. When I saw this audiobook recently I bought it immediately. Worth every dubloon and pieces of eight! Lots of pirate history here. Pirate words to learn. But most of all a great story, that is true to history.
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