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Britain's Last Tommies
- Final Memories from Soldiers of the 1914–18 War in Their Own Words
- By: Richard van Emden
- Narrated by: Bruce Cullen
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
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On the centenary of the Great War, there are now no longer any veterans alive of the six million men who served on the Western Front. Although this means that the Great War as a living history is to all intents and purposes over....
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Excellent….aside from Americanisation of direct quotes
- By Amazon Customer on 26-08-23
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In Their Own Words
- Untold Stories of the First World War
- By: Anthony Richards
- Narrated by: Elliot Chapman, Katy Sobey, Piers Hampton
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
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This gripping, revealing and poignant collection of stories tells the First World War from the perspective of those who were there, using letters, diaries and memoirs from Imperial War Museum's unparalleled archives....
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Fantastic
- By Suddenly on 18-10-20
By: Anthony Richards
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Forgotten Voices of the Great War
- By: Max Arthur
- Narrated by: Richard Bebb
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous task....
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Astounding listen
- By Matthew on 07-08-14
By: Max Arthur
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Sagittarius Rising
- By: Cecil Lewis
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Cecil Lewis was an illustrious and passionate fighter pilot of the First World War, described by Bernard Shaw in 1935 as 'a thinker, a master of words, and a bit of a poet'. In this account the author sets his love of the skies and flying against his bitter experience of the horrors of war.
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The brave, british character who was only in his early twenties at the end of The Great War...1914 -18
- By aja dude on 07-04-24
By: Cecil Lewis
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My Boy Jack?
- The Search for Kipling's Only Son
- By: Tonie Holt, Valmai Holt
- Narrated by: Bruce Cullen
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
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My Boy Jack is the extraordinary story of Kipling's search for his son. John Kipling was reported missing in the Battle of Loos on the Western Front in 1915....
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My Boy Jack?
- By Mr. Timothy R. Rogers on 29-06-23
By: Tonie Holt, and others
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Beverly Hills Spy
- The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor
- By: Ronald Drabkin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst-Phillips
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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Ronald Drabkin tells the truly unbelievable and untold story of Frederick Rutland—a debonair British WWI hero, flying ace, fixture of Los Angeles society, and friend of Golden Age Hollywood stars—who flipped to become a spy for Japan in the lead-up to the attack on Pearl Harbor....
By: Ronald Drabkin
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Britain's Last Tommies
- Final Memories from Soldiers of the 1914–18 War in Their Own Words
- By: Richard van Emden
- Narrated by: Bruce Cullen
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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On the centenary of the Great War, there are now no longer any veterans alive of the six million men who served on the Western Front. Although this means that the Great War as a living history is to all intents and purposes over....
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Excellent….aside from Americanisation of direct quotes
- By Amazon Customer on 26-08-23
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In Their Own Words
- Untold Stories of the First World War
- By: Anthony Richards
- Narrated by: Elliot Chapman, Katy Sobey, Piers Hampton
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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This gripping, revealing and poignant collection of stories tells the First World War from the perspective of those who were there, using letters, diaries and memoirs from Imperial War Museum's unparalleled archives....
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Fantastic
- By Suddenly on 18-10-20
By: Anthony Richards
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Forgotten Voices of the Great War
- By: Max Arthur
- Narrated by: Richard Bebb
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous task....
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Astounding listen
- By Matthew on 07-08-14
By: Max Arthur
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Sagittarius Rising
- By: Cecil Lewis
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Cecil Lewis was an illustrious and passionate fighter pilot of the First World War, described by Bernard Shaw in 1935 as 'a thinker, a master of words, and a bit of a poet'. In this account the author sets his love of the skies and flying against his bitter experience of the horrors of war.
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The brave, british character who was only in his early twenties at the end of The Great War...1914 -18
- By aja dude on 07-04-24
By: Cecil Lewis
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My Boy Jack?
- The Search for Kipling's Only Son
- By: Tonie Holt, Valmai Holt
- Narrated by: Bruce Cullen
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
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My Boy Jack is the extraordinary story of Kipling's search for his son. John Kipling was reported missing in the Battle of Loos on the Western Front in 1915....
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My Boy Jack?
- By Mr. Timothy R. Rogers on 29-06-23
By: Tonie Holt, and others
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Beverly Hills Spy
- The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor
- By: Ronald Drabkin
- Narrated by: Sam Dewhurst-Phillips
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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Ronald Drabkin tells the truly unbelievable and untold story of Frederick Rutland—a debonair British WWI hero, flying ace, fixture of Los Angeles society, and friend of Golden Age Hollywood stars—who flipped to become a spy for Japan in the lead-up to the attack on Pearl Harbor....
By: Ronald Drabkin
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The Great War and What Happened After
- The Diary of Charles Edward Wells
- By: Charles Wells
- Narrated by: Sam Galimore
- Length: 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Charles Edward Wells deployed to France, and we join him there in the summer of 1918, following a vicious attack wherein he lost his first diary. We then see the full scale of war through his eyes....
By: Charles Wells
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Men of 18 in 1918
- Memories of the Western Front in World War One
- By: Frederick James Hodges
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Perfect for fans of Peter Hart, Max Hastings, and Barbara W. Tuchman, this is the astounding account of one young infantryman's personal experience of the Western Front in the last year of World War One....
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Hard to take i
- By Roy on 31-01-24
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Dorothea's War
- By: Dorothea Crewdson, Richard Crewdson
- Narrated by: Julia Barrie, Richard Burnip
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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In April 1915 Dorothea Crewdson, a newly trained Red Cross nurse, and her best friend, Christie, received instructions to leave for Le Treport in Northern France....
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Such a sad war
- By coot on 09-08-22
By: Dorothea Crewdson, and others
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Lawrence of Arabia on War
- The Campaign in the Desert 1916-18
- By: Robert Johnson
- Narrated by: Robert Johnson
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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While Lawrence of Arabia himself has been the subject of many biographies and an award-winning film, the context of his war in the desert, and his ideas on war itself, are less well-known....
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The Arab Revolt reviewed
- By the60sthrowback on 23-12-22
By: Robert Johnson
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Arthur: The Great War Memoirs of William Arthur Human
- By: Stephen Reynolds
- Narrated by: Geoff Cummings
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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William Arthur Human was 22 years old and serving as a British soldier in India when war broke out in 1914. This is his story, in his own words, covering his first eight months on the Western Front and featuring the Battle of Neuve Chapelle....
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Exceptional
- By Mark on 22-07-20
By: Stephen Reynolds
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Minds at War
- How Great Artists and Their Work Were Shaped by the First World War
- By: Fintan O'Toole, Ruth Padel, Heather Jones, and others
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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The complete BBC Radio 3 series explores how great creative minds responded to the First World War in individual works of art and scholarship....
By: Fintan O'Toole, and others
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Brothers in War
- By: Michael Walsh
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The Beecheys were a close-knit family, eight brothers and five sisters under the loving eye of their widowed mother, Amy....
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Beautifully written and told, a fitting tribute to a brave mother and her sons
- By Tattenhoe on 11-08-22
By: Michael Walsh
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All Blood Runs Red
- The Legendary Life of Eugene Bullard-Boxer, Pilot, Soldier, Spy
- By: Phil Keith, Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: James Shippy
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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The incredible story of the first African-American military pilot, who went on to become a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French Resistance and an American civil rights pioneer....
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Fascinating Story, Well Read
- By Alasdair Thomson on 14-04-23
By: Phil Keith, and others
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Fighting the Flying Circus
- By: Eddie V. Rickenbacker
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Captain Eddie V. Rickenbacker was best known as one of the commanders of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, a crack unit of pilots....
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Forever England
- The Life of Rupert Brooke
- By: Mike Read
- Narrated by: Mike Read
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Forever England explores Rupert Brooke’s life, from schooldays to the Great War, and in so doing builds a remarkable picture of a long-lost England and a generation’s descent into war. Brooke’s poems emerge dramatically from a tangled web of love, friendship....
By: Mike Read
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Churchill's Confidant
- Enemy to Lifelong Friend
- By: Richard Steyn
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought together first as enemies in the Anglo-Boer War and later as allies in the First World War, the remarkable and often touching friendship between Winston Churchill and Jan Smuts is a rich study in contrasts....
By: Richard Steyn
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The Red Baron
- The Life and Legacy of Manfred von Richthofen
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jem Matzan
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Few participants in World War I are more famous than Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron....
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Vera Brittain and the First World War
- The Story of Testament of Youth
- By: Mark Bostridge
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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In the midst of her studies at Oxford, when war broke out across Europe, Vera Brittain left university in 1915 to become a VAD (voluntary aid detachment) nurse....
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Toe-curling narrator
- By fortinbras on 06-04-23
By: Mark Bostridge
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And We Go On
- A Memoir of the Great War
- By: Will R. Bird
- Narrated by: Nick Allan
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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And We Go On is a nuanced response to the trauma of war, suffused with an interest in the spiritual and the paranormal not found in other war literature. Long out of print, it is a true lost classic that arguably influenced numerous works in the Canadian literary canon....
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Highly recommended ☘️
- By Jimmy(8s)Jazz on 27-02-24
By: Will R. Bird
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A Fine Brother
- The Life of Captain Flora Sandes
- By: Louise Miller
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The only woman to serve as a soldier in the First World War, the Englishwoman Flora Sandes became a hero and media sensation....
By: Louise Miller
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Bolts from the Blue
- From Cold War Warrior to Chief of the Air Staff
- By: Richard Johns
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns was commissioned at the RAF College Cranwell in 1959 after completing flying training on Piston Provost and Meteor aircraft....
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VERY GOOD AUDIO BOOK
- By CT62 on 24-06-20
By: Richard Johns
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The First World War Adventures of Nariman Karkaria
- A Memoir
- By: Murali Ranganathan, Nariman Karkaria
- Narrated by: Ranjit Madgavkar
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Nariman Karkaria, a young Parsi from Gujarat, had always wanted to see the world. So he left home as a teenager with fifty rupees in his pocket to do just that. After working in Hong Kong and Peking for a few years, in 1914, when war was in the air, he decided to volunteer for the British Army.
By: Murali Ranganathan, and others
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Mildred on the Marne
- Mildred Aldrich, Front-Line Witness, 1914-1918
- By: David Slattery-Christy
- Narrated by: Nancy Daniels
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1914, an American journalist retired to a small house in France - only to find herself in the middle of World War I, and eventually having an impact on the US's actions in the war. This is the story of 59-year-old Mildred Aldrich and her experiences of the First World War....
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Brothers in War
- By: Michael Walsh
- Narrated by: Daniel Ryan, Nigel Pilkington, Paul Panting
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
- Abridged
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The immensely powerful story of eight Beechey brothers, and how they paid the ultimate price for King and country....
By: Michael Walsh
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The Desert Column
- By: Ion Idriess
- Narrated by: John Derum
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most popular accounts by an Australian veteran of WWI - written entirely from the private soldier's point of view....
By: Ion Idriess
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Heroes of the Somme
- By: Edward Hart
- Narrated by: Ensemble Cast
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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Using original archives from the Western Front, this historic account uncovers the stories of seven men whose remarkable bravery in 1916 won them the Victoria Cross, Britain’s most prized military medal....
By: Edward Hart
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My Fellow Soldiers
- General John Pershing and the Americans Who Helped Win the Great War
- By: Andrew Carroll
- Narrated by: Andrew Carroll
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Andrew Carroll's intimate portrait of General Pershing, who led all of the American troops in Europe during World War I, is a revelation....
By: Andrew Carroll
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The York Patrol
- The Real Story of Alvin York and the Unsung Heroes Who Made Him World War I's Most Famous Soldier
- By: James Carl Nelson
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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A riveting history of Alvin York, the World War I legend who killed two dozen Germans and captured more than 100, detailing York's heroics yet also restoring the unsung heroes of his patrol to their rightful place in history - from renowned World War I historian James Carl Nelson....
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World War I
- One Hour History Books, Book 1
- By: History by the Hour
- Narrated by: Rory Young
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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In this one-hour history book, discover the main events that led to World War I and how this first global conflict unfold from the Western front, to Africa, the Middle East, and Asia as it became one of the bloodiest war of all time....