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No Simple Victory
- World War II in Europe, 1939-1945
- By: Norman Davies
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 20 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 527
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 298
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 293
If history really belongs to the victor, what happens when there's more than one side declaring victory? That's the conundrum Norman Davies unravels in his groundbreaking book No Simple Victory. Far from being a revisionist history, No Simple Victory instead offers a clear-eyed reappraisal, untangling and setting right the disparate claims made by America, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union in order to get at the startling truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Best Account of WWII in Europe
- By Nikoli Gogol on 12-27-07
- No Simple Victory
- World War II in Europe, 1939-1945
- By: Norman Davies
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
Good general overview I guess...
Reviewed: 06-20-20
if you are starting from a very basic knowledge of the war. If you're beyond that already it'll just seem like the usual cliched topics always mentioned and you'll wonder why you bought it.
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Artemis
- Thomas Kydd, Book 2
- By: Julian Stockwin
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 270
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 250
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 247
This second naval adventure follows the life of Thomas Paine Kydd who sails into Portsmouth a hero after a ferocious battle against the French. Soon the sea beckons and Kydd sets off aboard his beloved Artemis for another adventure.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A 1790s sailors view of China
- By Jean on 12-08-14
- Artemis
- Thomas Kydd, Book 2
- By: Julian Stockwin
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
Not the best naval series and I've read many.
Reviewed: 08-07-18
First the sex scene was weird, totally out place in the first 2 books. It's like the author thought he was Dewey Lambdin for a day. Series is very cliched and predictable. Won't be buying #3.
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The Boer War
- By: Winston Churchill
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 60
As a young, ambitious soldier, Winston Churchill managed to get himself posted to the 21st Lancers in 1899 as a war correspondent for the Morning Post - and joined them in fighting the rebel Boer settlers in South Africa. In this conflict, rebel forces in the Transvaal and Orange Free State had proclaimed their own statehood, calling it the Boer Republic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lots of fun for war enthusiats.
- By David on 08-11-16
- The Boer War
- By: Winston Churchill
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
Interesting first person account even if biased
Reviewed: 08-07-18
The British generals of the 2nd Anglo-Dutch Boer war were a particularly useless bunch first of which was Sir Redvers Buller. Churchill describes the events but presents minimal unbiased critique of the generals as doing so would have not done his young career any good. That is even assuming he could offer a professional critique as he was a total disaster as a military planner his whole life.He was no Marlborough. The reading is excellent.
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