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Those Who Fall

By: John Muirhead
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
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As a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber pilot, John Muirhead led missions into northern Italy, Germany, and Bulgaria during World War II. Ultimately, he was shot down and taken prisoner.

John Muirhead's re-creation of those years is a breathtaking mingling of ravaging horrors and silent, surreal images; of raw, tumultuous memory and elegantly paced narrative; of lightening humor and measured reflection.

Seldom has a listener been made to feel terror so viscerally. Rarely has a listener ascended the skies so thrillingly. And never has one felt so close to the numbing fear, the boredom, the eerie beauty, and the dislocated sensibilities of war in the air as in Those Who Fall.

©2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Military Witty Thought-Provoking
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I was hesitant at first about listening to this; but in fact it is more than worthwhile. A sold did reading, good story told with just the right amount of detail and an engaging listen.

Excellent.

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Lyrical writing beautiful in every way and narrated to perfection. Regret that it had to end

The best audio book ever

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Beautiful narration & the story whilst rich in detail , is hard to put down. The book offered me a rare & privileged insight into a rare personal perspective of the author’s experience as a pilot that I found profoundly different to many stories of a period in time marked by the best & worst of mankind. The discovery of what connected the author to his fellow comrades when captured is shared with such a frankness & clarity revealing the moments that one least expects that will be significantly etched into one’s experiences. Highly recommended

Simply brilliant

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One of the best air warfare books I have read or listened to. And the author is a masterly writer by any standard.

Vivid and gripping.

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I honestly had no strong expectations but was fairly optimistic based on the good reviews.

After the first chapter I was hooked. The narrator was really good and has a calming nature to how he speaks and there was alot of technical detail with flying the way a car driver would describe changing a car gear or feeling the clutch but as a none flying person it was easy enough to follow and appreciate.

Would recommend and I’m confident anyone with an open mind will have no regrets

Blew my expectations

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