Lord Hampton

HOW DISORGANIZED

Revisado: 01-23-25

The “story” is nothing more than a unorganized collection of newspaper articles read by the narrator one after the other, not necessarily in a thematic way, in order of one article after the other that are inter-related. The bouncing around becomes distracting and irritating. This was a waste of a credit, and I do NOT recommend it.

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Truly a Blockbuster of the WWI beginning

Revisado: 11-14-23

The performance by Wanda McCaddon is excellent for the most part - I don’t like ‘false accents’ when they are unnecessary - but she is a spot-on enunciator of words, and the clarity is excellent. Most of all, even after all the years of knowing how the war got started, it is fascinating to hear it recounted in detail. Even more, it confirms to me that Germany could have and should have prevented this debacle for all of Europe. In terms I am familiar with, they “were loaded for bear” and looking for an excuse. Their behaviour in Belgium tells the true tale of what their militarist tradition had led them to be - sadists, fascists, and terrorists of the worst kind.

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Heartbreaking, Breathtaking, and Inspirational

Revisado: 10-22-23

The story is well worth the listen and the grandeur of the heroic feats are beyond belief. It is injured only by the false accents, falsettos and drawling of the narrator.

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Very balanced and in the end enthralling

Revisado: 09-04-23

This very unique view of all the issues that the Royal Family has faced is very, very well done

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Magnificent

Revisado: 04-03-23

What a story! Scalzi is a genius in audio stories, and Quinto an excellent performer - not just a mundane reader, but a performer!

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I finally gave up

Revisado: 03-08-23

The narrator is abysmal, the story mashed up with too many needless citations of units, initials rather than names, and it becomes boring in the end

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Very Interesting History

Revisado: 03-08-23

In light of the current political controversies in the United States, it was absolutely pleasant to listen to how co-operative both political partys were during the first years of the 1900's. At the conclusion of the book, I really did wish that Roosevelt had given in to the clamor for him to be re-elected.

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Excellent

Revisado: 01-25-23

It has taken me a while to get around to this book, but it was thoroughly excellent. This is well worth listening to.

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I am sorry it’s Finished

Revisado: 10-24-19

I did not buy or read The Handmaid’s Tale until the “hype” about The Testaments became public, so I listened to them back to back. The stories are spectacular, each in their own right, and The Testaments is a “tour de force” in my view. (SPOILER ALERT) I especially miss listening to Aunt Lydia as she plots to bring down the regime that stole her successful life. I was literally on edge the whole time that the escape of Nicole and her sister continued after leaving the Nellie J. Banks. There is a third novel out there Ms. Atwood, if you have the energy.

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Excellent Topic, barely tolerable narration

Revisado: 04-21-19

Harry Hopkins was more than entitled to an updated history, and the author did an excellent job. However, the narrator is abominable: mis-pronunciations, falsetto quotations, and irritating variations in voice tone made listening to the end almost intolerable.

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