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The Bridge at Andau
- The Compelling True Story of a Brave, Embattled People
- By: James A. Michener
- Narrated by: Larry McKeever
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 111
For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian revolution gave its people a glimpse at a different kind of future - until, at four o’clock in the morning on a Sunday in November, the citizens of Budapest awoke to the shattering sound of Russian tanks ravaging their streets. The revolution was over. But freedom beckoned in the form of a small footbridge at Andau, on the Austrian border. By an accident of history, it became, for a few harrowing weeks, one of the most important crossings in the world, as the soul of a nation fled across its unsteady planks.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Every American should read this book.
- By Ivie D. on 07-26-20
- The Bridge at Andau
- The Compelling True Story of a Brave, Embattled People
- By: James A. Michener
- Narrated by: Larry McKeever
1956 template of Soviet Terrorism
Reviewed: 03-07-22
Required reading in my World History class over 50 years ago along with Hiroshima and Masters of Deceit. With the benefit of modern communications the world can tune in to 24 hr news coverage of Ukraine's present situation for not being a recognized NATO territory.
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