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The Price of Glory

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The Price of Glory

De: Alistair Horne
Narrado por: John Lee
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The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 is the second book of Alistair Horne's trilogy, which includes The Fall of Paris and To Lose a Battle and tells the story of the great crises of the rivalry between France and Germany.

The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. Its aim was less to defeat the enemy than bleed him to death and a battleground whose once fertile terrain is even now a haunted wilderness. Alistair Horne's classic work, continuously in print for over fifty years, is a profoundly moving, sympathetic study of the battle and the men who fought there. It shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War to the minds of those who waged it, the traditions that bound them, and the world that gave them the opportunity.

©1962, 1964, 1993 Alistair Horne (P)2023 Tantor Guerras y Conflictos Militar Primera Guerra Mundial
Timeless Monument • Outstanding Performance • Authentic French Pronunciation • Great Historical Account • Amazing Story
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Alistair Horne did a great job laying out the conditions surrounding the Battle of Verdun and the players involved. He paints a clear picture using excerpts from memoirs, dairies, and other first hand sources. The narrative pulled me in and never lost me. John Lee is a great narrator, and he bring it all to life.

Great telling of a grim event

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I read it in 1965 and twice since 1993. This is the second time I listened with audible. Superb insight and detailed description of the characters and terrain, political and cultural, social issues contemporary to the time.

The narrator was very good with the different players.

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The book contains a lot of details about the battle. There are details about the events as well as the individuals involved. There is a good discussion of what happened to some of the major figures after the battle and after the war, as well as a description of some of the locations of the battle.

Excellent discussion of the battle

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A truly comprehensive recounting of the battle of verdun. The tragedy of the event as well as the heroism of the soldiers on both sides are captured in the writing and outstanding performance by John Lee. A masterpiece of a work and a poignant reminder of the scale of suffering that occurred in the war.

Riveting, Tragic, Eye-Opening

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Fabulous narration of a rich and gripping narrative history of WW1s greatest, longest, bloodiest battle. Thoughtful summation of the meeting of such awesome killing technologies and tactics developed and available in time to demonstrate the futility of the effort by Germany and France to fully exploit them, sacrificing an entire generation of young men. The. Dawn of modernity in warfare writ large.

Old classic must read

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Written close enough to 1916 you can still feel the emotion of all the main characters, this was a gem. John Lee great always.

a rare gem from a bygone age

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The leaders of Europe set in motion the death machine of the Great War in 1914, which eventually consumed 8.5 million soldiers, 10 million civilians and wounded twenty million others.....and no such battle captures the tragic waste, bloodshed and horror as Verdun. Filled with First Person Accounts, The Price of Glory is a timeless monument to the Dead, and a plea to future generations to make war no more.

Epic Account, Masterful in Its Scope, Power and Resonance

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If there is an intersection where history & literature meet, I believe Mr Horne has found it. What a great work on history that must be remembered.

Facinating, tragic & moving

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I enjoyed the accuracy and the depiction of the battle without favoritism shown toward either side.
Unfortunately, the narrator had an annoying habit of lowering the volume of his voice at the end of the sentence, preventing  The listener from understanding the last few words.
The writer had an annoying habit of including French terms and phrases without their translation into English leaving the reader without an understanding of this statement. 

The Horror of War

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Reader’s voice trailed off after nearly every phrase or sentence making it difficult to understand while in car. Lots of detail to the battle and those involved. Enjoyed listening but sickening to know so many lives lost because of poor leadership causing the Great War and then running. Pride can be a very sinful emotion.

Fascinating history

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