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What Hath God Wrought
- The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848
- De: Daniel Walker Howe
- Narrado por: Patrick Cullen
- Duración: 32 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,422
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,119
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,111
In this addition to the esteemed Oxford History of the United States series, historian Daniel Walker Howe illuminates the period from the Battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, an era of revolutionary improvements in transportation and communications that accelerated America's expansion and prompted the rise of mass political parties.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic content, faulty narration
- De Ary Shalizi en 04-12-11
- What Hath God Wrought
- The Transformation of America, 1815 - 1848
- De: Daniel Walker Howe
- Narrado por: Patrick Cullen
beware the narrator
Revisado: 09-30-21
I'm about 1/3 of the way through and man, the narrator reads like he gets paid in words per minute, no clue what possessed the decision to read at this speed. this coupled with extraordinarily noticeable editing makes it a challenging listen, but so far the text still shines through and makes this worth the struggle
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The Marne, 1914
- The Opening of World War I and the Battle That Changed the World
- De: Holger H. Herwig
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 14 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 74
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 76
The long-term repercussions of the Marne were tragic: four more years of what the future German military historian Gerhard Ritter, a veteran of World War I, called the "monotonous mutual mass murder" of the trenches. During that time, Britain and the Empire sustained 3.5 million casualties, France 6 million and Germany 7 million. Without the Battle of the Marne, places such as Passchendaele, the Somme, Verdun, and Ypres would not resonate with us as they do.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Strong Text
- De Dale H. Reeck en 01-12-12
- The Marne, 1914
- The Opening of World War I and the Battle That Changed the World
- De: Holger H. Herwig
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
Most uneducated and lazy narrator ever
Revisado: 02-14-18
The title says it all folks. The guy clearly did no research. Calls Verdun "Ver-dune" Moltke is "Molt-key" Ypres is "Ee-prez" and those are only three of a multitude of errors that throw the listener off the text. The narrator does a critical injustice to the text - which itself is quite good. If you can suffer through a lazy and egregiously unprofessional narrator the text is worth it. But man does that guy make an otherwise excellent listen into an at times difficult slog. This deserves a rerecording with an experienced and mindful narrator.
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The Day of Battle
- The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
- De: Rick Atkinson
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 32 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,769
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,572
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,572
In An Army at Dawn - winner of the Pulitzer Prize - Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa. Now, in The Day of Battle, he follows the American and British armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943, attack Italy two months later, and then fight their way, mile by bloody mile, north toward Rome. The Italian campaign's outcome was never certain; in fact, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and their military advisors bitterly debated whether an invasion of the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was even wise.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hard to Listen to, but Very Worthwhile
- De N. Rogers en 08-08-14
- The Day of Battle
- The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
- De: Rick Atkinson
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
Awful Narrator, Fabulous book
Revisado: 03-04-14
What did you like best about The Day of Battle? What did you like least?
I've never written a review on here before but I had to say something about the joker narrating this book. As a fan of historical non-fiction I prefer there to be some accuracy in the treatment of the text by the narrator. Jonathan Davis fails at this, and he does so with gusto.
His inability to pronounce words (some quite simple if you know the subject matter) is grating, and frankly does a disservice to an otherwise spectacular entry in the library of modern histories on World War 2. For example:
The Somme: he pronounces it as "some"
Passchendaele: "Passion-dolly"
Ira Eaker: "Acre"
La Marseillaise: The "Mar-sally"
And these are just of few examples of his butchery of words commonplace in the vocabulary of World War 2 history.
Also laughable was the narrators attempt to any accent that wasn't some form of English, American or Anzac. No matter the other nationality (French, Polish what have you) they came off as German. Apparently, once the Germans occupy your country you start sounding like them according to this narrator.
The book itself of course is fabulous and Rick Atkinson is a towering voice in accessible modern military history.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
His contempt for the text was obvious in his inability to research even the simplest background of what he was reading beforehand. Apparenlty if you're not American, English or ANZAC you sound like a German as apparently the French, Polish, Russians, Indians all came across with a German accent.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
Yes! Though it would make a better HBO mini-series
Any additional comments?
Read the book.
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