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The Ratline
- Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive
- By: Philippe Sands
- Narrated by: Philippe Sands, Katja Riemann, Stephen Fry
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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As governor of Galicia, SS Brigadesführer Otto Freiherr von Wächter presided over an authority on whose territory hundreds of thousands of Jews and Poles were killed. By the time the war ended in May 1945, he was indicted for 'mass murder'. He spent three years hiding in the Alps before making his way to Rome and being taken in by the Vatican where he remained for three months. While preparing to travel to Argentina on the 'ratline' he died unexpectedly, in July 1949, a few days after having lunch with an 'old comrade' whom he suspected of having been recruited by the Americans.
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Exception piece of research on WWII
- By Carolien S on 02-14-21
- The Ratline
- Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive
- By: Philippe Sands
- Narrated by: Philippe Sands, Katja Riemann, Stephen Fry
Great book but audio issue
Reviewed: 09-16-20
This is an exceptional book. The only issue was that Phillipe's audio quality is poor. There are three narrators so this does not ruin the book. But the quality difference is striking.
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The Once and Future King
- By: T. H. White
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 33 hrs
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The complete "box set" of T. H. White's epic fantasy novel of the Arthurian legend. The novel is made up of five parts: "The Sword in the Stone", "The Witch in the Wood", "The Ill-Made Knight", "The Candle in the Wind", and "The Book of Merlyn".
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My favorite book this year.
- By Robert on 12-13-12
- The Once and Future King
- By: T. H. White
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
Amazing
Reviewed: 04-27-17
Wish I was reading it new for the first time. surely one of the bedt tellings of the Arthurian stories.
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East West Street
- By: Philippe Sands
- Narrated by: Philippe Sands, David Rintoul
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
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When human rights lawyer Philippe Sands received an invitation to deliver a lecture in the Western Ukrainian city of Lviv, he began to uncover a series of extraordinary historical coincidences. It set him on a quest that would take him halfway around the world in an exploration of the origins of international law and the pursuit of his own secret family history, beginning and ending with the last day of the Nuremberg Trials.
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International law made human
- By Carolien S on 08-01-19
- East West Street
- By: Philippe Sands
- Narrated by: Philippe Sands, David Rintoul
Tremendous
Reviewed: 10-13-16
Tremendous book. One of the most gripping Holocaust books I have read. Perfect blend of history, memoir and legal analysis.
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