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Roberts Ridge
- A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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This harrowing true account based on stunning eyewitness testimony and painstaking research captures in dramatic detail the 17-hour battle fought by a few dozen warriors against near impossible odds to save one of their own.
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- Daniel Johnson
- 15-09-23
Not bad at all
Very detailed and giving some personal background of the characters involved makes a nice change. Courage abound.
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- Kindle Customer
- 10-08-21
Well informed and we'll performed
This is a brilliant and moving audio book. A comment and not a criticism is in the after word I thought the fact that John Chapman received a Medal of honour for his courage and self sacrifice would have been a fuller conclusion. But a great book.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Stephen
- 14-10-10
Riveting Read
'Robert's Ridge' is an absolutely gripping read. The structure of the book is broken down into sections within chapters with each section describing the same events as seen through the eyes of each member of the rescue teams during events covered in the chapter. This is not confusing and instead has the effect of brilliantly describing the often fast paced events during combat that make this book a real nail-biter which you won't want to put down.
'Robert's Ridge' offers some of the best writing I've seen and suits the subject matter perfectly. If this wasn't a true story, you'd think you were reading a Tom Clancy novel! The writing also offers depth in telling the reader something of the personal histories of many of the more major characters with often touching and sometimes poignant stories about who they are. Thus, the reader is introduced to the essence of many of the people involved which serves to strengthen the powerful narrative.
Suffice to say that this title will leave you amazed at its vivid depiction of fast-paced life and death events that occurred atop this distant mountain peak in Afghanistan.
Top listen, get it!
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- Kindle Customer
- 14-10-21
Great story
I liked everything about the book except the narrator using accents that sound more appropriate for a Mark Twain novel. I don't think the use of accents in necessary.
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- TrueBritGrit
- 28-12-22
Great account.
A well read and well composed account of this harrowing, true story. Worth listening to.
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- RD
- 24-11-22
Overall ok
Some parts don't make sense why they are in the story. It jumps about a bit and reads a bit like a report at times.
Some elements go into great details others that need that don't get the time they need.
The exec summary at the end helps tie things all back together.
That. said. It's a good overview of a dramatic and heroic battle
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- Philip Eddington
- 06-03-22
a very detail recount
A compelling tale telling the story from a view often not seen. A lot of details and I hope there where lessons learnt from this event
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- Anonymous User
- 13-11-21
just ok
the story had a little too much detail about certain things, seemed repetitive too. story was good but I just couldn't listen to the narrator anymore. stopped after 3hrs I just had enough.
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- Gareth Davies
- 01-09-21
boring voice
the most boring voice to ever do a book put me right off American narrated books
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- Guy Nashford
- 26-11-22
poorly narrated IMHO
the narrators voice was harsh, I gave up in the end it was too much!
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