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Spies
- The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West
- By: Calder Walton
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
- Length: 20 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 135
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Story4 out of 5 stars 116
Spies is the history of the secret war that Russia and the West have been waging for a century. Espionage, sabotage, and subversion were the Kremlin’s means to equalize the imbalance of resources between the East and West before, during, and after the Cold War. There was nothing “unprecedented” about Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. It was simply business as usual, new means used for old ends.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A detailed history, inexcusably marred by politics
- By Thomas Randolph on 08-12-23
- Spies
- The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West
- By: Calder Walton
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
Great little know history
Reviewed: 04-05-24
Really interesting and memorable history of east west spying. A lot of fascinating details of episodes and names that I knew a little about - Cambridge 5, Richard Hanson, Berlin, USSR spying on WW2 allies, a tunnel under Berlin, the Cuban Missile crisis ETC.
A lot of audible reviews are upset about the author’s reporting on trump and Russia. But if the book is credible about other Russian spying, why isn’t it about Russia and Trump?
At the end, the book does drift away from its core subject and into some unsupported speculation - quantum computing, the fourth Industrial Revolution etc.
But the discussion of Chinese spy craft and comparisons to the USSR was interesting.
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The Blade Itself
- By: Joe Abercrombie
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 22 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25,669
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 23,172
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23,112
Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian - leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, Captain Jezal dan Luthar has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing circle. But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Characters drive the story. The Narrator rocks!
- By Brian Alsobrook on 11-01-16
- The Blade Itself
- By: Joe Abercrombie
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
Excellent audio book
Reviewed: 12-30-22
Great characters, humor, action, and narration. Story starts out with a bang and then wanders a little. It seems like it’s going to be a fantasy political thriller but then it turns out that we are putting the crew together for a adventure. But it was all fun so no real complaints.
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The Templars
- The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 15 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,932
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,550
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,533
In 1307, as they struggled to secure their last strongholds in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Templars fell afoul of the vindictive and impulsive king of France. On Friday, October 13, hundreds of brothers were arrested en masse, imprisoned, tortured, and disbanded amid accusations of lurid sexual misconduct and heresy. They were tried by the Vatican in secret proceedings. But were they heretics or victims of a ruthlessly repressive state?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unexpected
- By Protogere on 10-30-17
- The Templars
- The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
Good but a little thin and duplicative
Reviewed: 12-16-22
I feel like a lot of the information was in Jones’s book on the crusades. Relatedly, a lot of this is a history of the crusades and medieval Europe; probably because there isn’t enough material on the templars in particular. Still a good listen. Very good epilogue.
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