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Zoo Station
- De: David Downing
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 10 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 448
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 394
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 389
Anglo-American journalist John Russell lives in Berlin and is approached to do some work for the Soviets. He reluctantly agrees and soon becomes involved in other dangerous activities, like helping a Jewish family and an idealistic American reporter. When the British and the Nazis notice his involvement with the Soviets, Russell is dragged into the world of warring intelligence services.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Review for the whole series
- De Cookie en 08-30-12
- Zoo Station
- De: David Downing
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
Superb books, superbly read
Revisado: 01-30-11
Downing's Berlin trilogy are very well written (unlike most novels in the genre) and are much more than thrillers. The books paint a compelling picture of immediate pre-war and early-war Berlin and Germany, of the geopolitics of the time, and of the growing violence of the Nazi regime, towards Jews and and others - all through an exciting and plausible plot with interesting and believable characters. As another review noted, the subject matter can be depressing, but that is of the time. These books are real literature, far better written than,say, Kerr's novels. Simon Prebble is, as always, fantastic. I loved these books.
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Three Empires on the Nile
- The Victorian Jihad, 1869-1899
- De: Dominic Green
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 13 h y 7 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 151
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 64
Three Empires on the Nile tells of the rise of the first modern Islamic state and its fateful encounter with the British Empire of Queen Victoria. Ever since the self-proclaimed Islamic messiah known as the Mahdi gathered an army in the Sudan and besieged and captured Khartoum under its British overlord Charles Gordon, the dream of a new caliphate has haunted modern Islamists. The 19th-century origins of it all were even more dramatic and strange than today's headlines.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Astoundingly good
- De Sean O'Keefe en 05-05-07
- Three Empires on the Nile
- The Victorian Jihad, 1869-1899
- De: Dominic Green
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
An extraordinary book
Revisado: 07-24-10
Tells a fascinating and, among Americans, little-known story that is important in its own right and helps explain today's world situation. Extremely well-written and well-narrated.
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