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The Last Day
- Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
- De: Nicholas Shrady
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 6 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 30
Along with the volcanic destruction of Pompeii and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the Lisbon quake of 1755 is one of the most destructive natural disasters ever recorded. After being jolted by a massive quake, Lisbon was then pounded by a succession of tidal waves and finally reduced to ash by a fire that raged for five straight days.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fine book, awful narrator.
- De Anonymous User en 06-04-20
- The Last Day
- Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
- De: Nicholas Shrady
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
Read this book, skip this listen
Revisado: 10-17-19
I've listened to more than 140 books and this is the first that impelled me to post a review to save others the pain of listening to a truly poor performance that destroys what might otherwise be a well-written book. I'm sure that there's a fair amount of variety in what listeners like in narrators, but I don't think in this case it's a question of taste. Of course the pronunciations are off, but that's the least of the harm, the pacing, tone and, to put it simply, the sound of the narrators voice will limit most listeners to short listens before they have to just turn it off. The story of the Great Lisbon Earthquake is compelling enough to draw you back, but before long you'll find yourself asking how it is that a producer could possibly sign off on this.
Just get the book.
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The Great Influenza
- The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
- De: John M. Barry
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 19 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6,860
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,373
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,357
In the winter of 1918, at the height of World War I, history's most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in 24 weeks than AIDS has killed in 24 years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision between modern science and epidemic disease.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book but very disturbing...
- De Tim en 01-15-09
- The Great Influenza
- The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
- De: John M. Barry
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
Can you tolerate Scott Brick?
Revisado: 11-08-18
If you can stand Scott Brick, this is a great book. If not, stay away. Scott's talent complimented Erik Larson's Dead Wake and The Devil in White City, but his style simply destroys this book. After trying to chip away at it in short increments, I gave up and got the hard copy to experience it as it was written, not emoted. Please retire from historical non-fiction Scott, give us our books back.
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