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The Gallipoli Campaign stands out as a landmark in the history of the First World War, and it was perhaps the most controversial action; it certainly ended in tragedy. Joseph Murray was among the 400,000 British and Commonwealth troops taking part, and he served as a naval rating turned soldier in Hood Battalion of the Royal Naval Division. Gallipoli 1915 is based on a diary he kept at the time and his later letters home.
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First hand experience from solider
- By Mike on 12-24-22
By: Joseph Murray
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The Centurions
- By: Jean Larteguy, Robert D. Kaplan - foreward
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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When The Centurions was first published in 1960, readers were riveted by the thrilling account of soldiers fighting for survival in hostile environments. They were equally transfixed by the chilling moral question the novel posed: how to fight when the "age of heroics is over". As relevant today as it was half a century ago, The Centurions is a gripping military adventure, an extended symposium on waging war in a new global order, and an essential investigation of the ethics of counterinsurgency.
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Superbly read. Unbelievably timely
- By Benjamin on 05-05-21
By: Jean Larteguy, and others
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Through Russian Snows
- A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow
- By: G. A. Henty
- Narrated by: Jim Hodges
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia. Two brothers, diligent Frank and carefree Julian, end up on different sides of the conflict! Napoleon’s army of 500,000 defeat the Russians at Smolensk and Borodino, but wait too long after entering a deserted Moscow for Russia’s capitulation, which never comes. Retreat is the only option and a mere fifth of the army survive. Frank and Julian meet in Moscow under unexpected circumstances; one as the aid-de-camp to Sir Robert Wilson, the other having rescued the child of a Russian nobleman.
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I...JUST....CANT
- By Heidi Schwarzinger on 09-24-23
By: G. A. Henty
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Behind Japanese Lines
- With the OSS in Burma
- By: Richard Dunlop
- Narrated by: David Baker
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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The extraordinary firsthand account of an American special forces unit in the jungles of southeast Asia and their guerilla operations against the Japanese during World War II!
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The OSS in Burma
- By William R. Todd-Mancillas (Name includes hyphen and capitalized M). on 08-03-14
By: Richard Dunlop
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Nights of the Witch
- War God, Book 1
- By: Graham Hancock
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 22 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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A young girl called Tozi stands at the bottom of a pyramid, waiting to be led to the top where her heart will be cut out.... Pepillo, a Spanish orphan who serves a sadistic Dominican friar, is aboard the Spanish fleet as it sails towards Mexico.... This is the epic story of the clash of two empires, two armies and two gods of war. Five hundred desperate adventurers are about to pit themselves against the most brutal armies of the ancient Americas, armies hundreds of thousands strong.
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engaging story.
- By Dennis Lewis on 12-14-16
By: Graham Hancock
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The Sojourn
- By: Andrew Krivak
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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The Sojourn is the story of Jozef Vinich, who was uprooted from a 19th-century mining town in Colorado by a family tragedy and returns with his father to an impoverished shepherd’s life in rural Austria-Hungary. When World War One comes, Jozef joins his adopted brother as a sharpshooter in the Kaiser’s army, surviving a perilous trek across the frozen Italian Alps and capture by a victorious enemy. A stirring tale of brotherhood, coming-of-age, and survival, this novel evokes a time when Czechs, Slovaks, Austrians, and Germans fought on the same side while divided by language, ethnicity, and social class.
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Interesting but somehow less than satisfying
- By Kathy on 03-13-13
By: Andrew Krivak
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Ghost Soldiers
- The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
- By: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: James Naughton
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Abridged
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At once a gripping depiction of men at war and a compelling story of redemption, Ghost Soldiers joins such landmark works as Flags of Our Fathers and The Greatest Generation Speaks in preserving the legacy of World War II for future generations.
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Ghost soldiers
- By Zach on 09-07-03
By: Hampton Sides
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The Story of the Malakand Field Force
- By: Winston Churchill
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1897, a young and untested cavalry lieutenant named Winston Churchill, more than a little keen to see action, got himself attached as a press correspondent to an expeditionary force newly formed to restore order on the North West Frontier of India. His dispatches to the London Daily Telegraph were later expanded into this audiobook.
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Another excellent entry from WSC.
- By J. Grzeskiewicz on 03-22-16
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- Jon
- 11-27-11
Decent, but not great
This book was fairly interesting, but I did find myself daydreaming and missing parts at times.. It is definitely an older writing style, and doesn't grab my attention as much as some modern works do. The main reason I'm writing a review however is because I am displeased with the amount of repetitive music that is played during the audio book. At the end of some chapters there is close to 3 minutes of music! I don't see any point to this, and I would prefer that it goes right into the next chapter after a short pause (like most books). The narration was fairly good, and it's a very interesting war story. A little too much homosexuality for my taste, but that's how the book is. It wasn't too over-done, just more than I would have preferred.
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- John
- 04-11-15
Stop the music
While the story was interesting and the reading wonderful theistic between each chapter was maddening.
I would suggest the written format for this story.
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- Kerry
- 01-22-12
A Classic story
Where does Seven Pillars of Wisdom rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
I would say that this story ranks high but the music insertions at the end of every chapter were a pain!
Which character – as performed by James Wilby – was your favorite?
James Wilby did a fine job reading this.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No. It was a good car companion though
Any additional comments?
Whoever published this inserted a long music que (I think it is from Massenet -Thais?) Anyway, the chapters of this book are very short (5 -10 min at most) and at every chapter there is this minutes long music que!! And you can't get past it. It REALLY took away from the experience. I can see one at the beginning and end, but EVERY chapter? Sometimes the music would do a long fade in under the last words of a chapter and was totally incongruous with what was being said. If they publish this again, please take the music out between chapters. Other than that, it was a great true story of one of the most intriguing historical figures of the 20th century.
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- Bruce Cota
- 09-06-19
Beautiful Book
The Film "Lawrence of Arabia" was clearly based on this memoir. There were some gratuitous departures of the film from the book. They were all mistakes, the book's account is better. Lawrence had a unique experience and was a brilliant storyteller. He was clearly a bit racist, but it was a different time. He was enthralled with the Arabs, but largely contemptuous of the Turks.
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- James
- 05-27-08
Excellent
I enjoyed this book and recommend this purchase. Anyone with an interest in history or who is working / living in the Middle East should consider buying it.
The narration was first class and takes you to the wadi's, the heat and the horror of the war in the middle east during WW1. The book itself is touching and fascinating and gives you an insight into male Arab ways, I only wish I had read this before I lived in the Middle east.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-13-11
Surpisingly Good Writing
I bought this book because of my interest in the Middle East; I thought it would be interesting to get the perspective of an odd character like Lawrence. I was surprised, though, to find that his writing was actually quite good. The narrative is a bit confusing at times, but the writing itself and the sensations he conveys are definitely worth the download.
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