Kursk cover art

Kursk

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection.
Listen to your selected audiobooks as long as you're a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for £5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Kursk

By: Robert Moore
Narrated by: Pete Cross
Try Standard free

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £9.48

Buy Now for £9.48

About this listen

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Kursk: A Time To Die by Robert Moore, read by Pete Cross.

At 11.30 a.m. on Saturday 12 August 2000, two massive explosions roared through the shallow Arctic waters of the Barents Sea. The Kursk, pride of the Northern Fleet and the largest attack submarine in the world, was hurtling towards the ocean floor.

In Kursk (originally published as A Time to Die), award-winning journalist Robert Moore vividly recreates this disaster minute by minute. Venturing into a covert world where the Cold War continues out of sight, Moore investigates the military and political background to the tragedy. But above all, he tells the nail-bitingly poignant human story of the families waiting ashore, of the desperate efforts of British, Norwegian and Russian rescuers, and of the Kursk sailors, trapped in the aft compartnemt, waiting for rescue, as a horrified world followed their battle to stay alive . . .

©2018 Robert Moore (P)2018 Random House Audiobooks 21st Century Europe Expeditions & Discoveries Great Britain Military Modern Russia World War Submarine Cold War

Critic reviews

It takes you through each nail biting moment, willing it to turn out differently. Heartbreaking, humane and, at times, all too vivid. I’ve rarely read such a gripping work of non fiction. (Colin Firth)
The Kursk was once the pride of the Russian navy and a symbol of state power . . . her story, harrowingly detailed . . . stands as a testament to the bravery and loyalty of men to a nation that failed them (Martin Robson)
Gripping . . . a moving tragedy redeemed by acts of extraordinary courage . . . has the plot, the tension and the excitement of a film (Orlando Figes)
All stars
Most relevant
Fantastic - thoroughly educational. Makes me thankful of all the things I take for granted.

A. Time to Die

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
If you were gripped by the story of Chernobyl, you will be equally moved by this story of men who lost their lives to the incompetence, pride, complacency and self interest that is bred by an autocratic state; and of the bravery and compassion of the men who tried to save them.

A powerful story, brilliantly told

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
really interesting. I recommend. I was aware of the story but not the fine detail that this book explores

great read

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Gripping from the outset, the bravery, the disregard the incompetence, the cover up, the truth.

Excellent listen

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A brilliantly told story of a terrible tragedy and the possible mishandling of the rescue.

Brilliant

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews