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The epic story of the Boer War and Harry 'Breaker' Morant: drover, horseman, bush poet - murderer or hero?
Most Australians have heard of the Boer War of 1899 to 1902 and of Harry 'Breaker' Morant, a figure who rivals Ned Kelly as an archetypal Australian folk hero. Born in England and emigrating to Queensland in 1883 in his early 20s, Morant was a charming but reckless man who established a reputation as a rider, polo player and writer. He submitted ballads to The Bulletin that were published under the name 'The Breaker' and counted Banjo Paterson as a friend. When appeals were made for horsemen to serve in the war in South Africa, Morant joined up, first with the South Australian Mounted Rifles and then with a South African irregular unit, the Bushveldt Carbineers.
In October 1901 Morant and two other Australians, Lieutenants Peter Handcock and George Witton, were arrested for the murder of Boer prisoners. Morant and Handcock were court-martialled and executed in February 1902 as the Boer War was in its closing stages, but the debate over their convictions continues to this day.
Does Breaker Morant deserve his iconic status? Who was Harry Morant? What events and passions led him to a conflict that was essentially an Imperial war, played out on a distant continent under a foreign flag? Was he a scapegoat for British war crimes or a criminal himself?
With his trademark brilliant command of story, Peter FitzSimons unravels the many myths and fictions that surround the life of Harry Morant. The truths FitzSimons uncovers about 'The Breaker' and the part he played in the Boer War are astonishing - and, in the hands of this master storyteller, make compelling listening.
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The Great Anglo-Boer War
- De: Byron Farwell
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 23 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 152
The Great Boer War (1899-1902) - more properly the Great Anglo-Boer War - was one of the last romantic wars, pitting a sturdy, stubborn pioneer people fighting to establish the independence of their tiny nation against the British Empire at its peak of power and self-confidence. It was fought in the barren vastness of the South African veldt, and it produced in almost equal measure extraordinary feats of personal heroism, unbelievable examples of folly and stupidity, and many incidents of humor and tragedy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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There are no winners in war, only victims.
- De LtTora en 07-19-20
De: Byron Farwell
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The Road to Kalamata
- De: Mike Hoare
- Narrado por: Mike Hoare
- Duración: 6 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 31
Col. Mike Hoare describes how his 4 Commando supported Moise Tshombe's breakaway state of Katanga against both the UN forces, and the Baluba tribesmen who used poison arrows, pit traps, marijuana, spells, jungle drums...and even reorted to ritual torture and cannibalism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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another great book by hoare
- De Chris en 08-29-24
De: Mike Hoare
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Congo Mercenary
- De: Mike Hoare
- Narrado por: Mike Hoare
- Duración: 13 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 266
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 224
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 220
Col. Mike Hoare tells how his force of mercenaries, 5 Commando, put down a Comunist-backed rebel uprising in the Congo. As they restored law and order, town by town, he and his men freed 1800 nuns and priests. His men also learned what it means to be real soldiers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nice to hear an unapologetic account
- De S. H. Moore en 01-16-20
De: Mike Hoare
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Eureka
- The Unfinished Revolution
- De: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrado por: Robert Meldrum
- Duración: 22 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 72
In 1854, Victorian miners fought a deadly battle under the flag of the Southern Cross at the Eureka Stockade. Though brief and doomed to fail, the battle is legend in both our history and in the Australian mind. Henry Lawson wrote poems about it, its symbolic flag is still raised, and even the nineteenth-century visitor Mark Twain called it: "a strike for liberty". Was this rebellion a fledgling nation’s first attempt to assert its independence under colonial rule? Or was it merely rabble-rousing by unruly miners determined not to pay their taxes?
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5 out of 5 stars
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A gentle telling
- De Mr en 01-24-13
De: Peter FitzSimons
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1901
- De: Robert Conroy
- Narrado por: L.J. Ganser
- Duración: 14 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 299
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 264
The year is 1901. Germany's navy is the second largest in the world; their army, the most powerful. But with the exception of a small piece of Africa and a few minor islands in the Pacific, Germany is without an empire. Kaiser Wilhelm II demands that the United States surrender its newly acquired territories: Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines. President McKinley indignantly refuses, so with the honor and economic future of the Reich at stake, the Kaiser launches an invasion of the United States, striking first on Long Island.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Good Performance
- De Thomas Stephenson en 02-05-20
De: Robert Conroy
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The Rough Riders
- De: Theodore Roosevelt
- Narrado por: Brian Troxell
- Duración: 5 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Along with Colonel Leonard Wood, Theodore Roosevelt instigated the founding of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry in 1898 at the beginning of the Spanish-American War. Nicknamed the “Rough Riders” by journalists, the Cavalry engaged in several battles. This is Roosevelt’s best-selling account of one of the most fascinating regiments in American military history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Death, hardship, honor and renown.
- De Darwin8u en 02-25-18
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Shiloh, 1862
- De: Winston Groom
- Narrado por: Eric G. Dove
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 213
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 195
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 194
SHILOH, 1862 - The Battle of Shiloh, fought in the wilderness of southern Tennessee in April 1862, marked a violent crossroads in the Civil War. What began as a surprise attack by Confederate troops on a Union stronghold to gain control of the Mississippi River Valley became a bloody two-day conflict that would eerily foretell the brutal reality of the next three years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absorbing story of the hell of Shiloh
- De 9S en 02-04-13
De: Winston Groom
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A More Unbending Battle
- The Harlem Hellfighter's Struggle for Freedom in WWI and Equality at Home
- De: Peter Nelson
- Narrado por: Jarvis Hooten
- Duración: 9 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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The night broke open in a storm of explosions and fire. The sound of shells whizzing overhead, screeching through the night like wounded pheasants, was terrifying. When the shells exploded prematurely overhead, a rain of shrapnel fell on the men below better than when the shells exploded in the trenches...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great
- De Bryce Odell en 06-05-17
De: Peter Nelson
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A Time to Stand
- The Epic of the Alamo
- De: Walter Lord
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 7 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 49
On the morning of March 6, 1836, in an old abandoned mission called the Alamo, a small Texas garrison, fought to the death rather than yield to an overwhelming army of Mexicans. Through the years, the garrison's heroic stand has become so clothed in folklore and romance that the truth has nearly been lost. In A Time to Stand, Walter Lord rediscovers and recreates the whole fascinating story.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Okay book. Atrocious narration.
- De Jack en 01-22-20
De: Walter Lord
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The Boer War
- De: Winston Churchill
- Narrado por: Ric Jerrom
- Duración: 18 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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As a young, ambitious soldier, Winston Churchill managed to get himself posted to the 21st Lancers in 1899 as a war correspondent for the Morning Post - and joined them in fighting the rebel Boer settlers in South Africa. In this conflict, rebel forces in the Transvaal and Orange Free State had proclaimed their own statehood, calling it the Boer Republic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lots of fun for war enthusiats.
- De David en 08-11-16
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My Fellow Soldiers
- General John Pershing and the Americans Who Helped Win the Great War
- De: Andrew Carroll
- Narrado por: Andrew Carroll
- Duración: 11 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Andrew Carroll's intimate portrait of General Pershing, who led all of the American troops in Europe during World War I, is a revelation. Given a military force that on the eve of its entry into the war was downright primitive compared to the European combatants, the general surmounted enormous obstacles to build an army and ultimately command millions of US soldiers. But Pershing himself - often perceived as a harsh, humorless, and wooden leader - concealed inner agony from those around him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don’t pass this up
- De PineappleSmoothy en 03-29-18
De: Andrew Carroll
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Brutal Valour: The Tragedy of Isandlwana
- The Anglo-Zulu War, Book 1
- De: James Mace
- Narrado por: Jonathan Waters
- Duración: 15 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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It is December 1878, and war looms on the horizon in South Africa. British high commissioner Sir Henry Bartle-Frere seeks to dismantle the powerful neighboring kingdom of the Zulus and uses an incursion along the disputed border as his justification for war. He issues an impossible ultimatum to the Zulu king, Cetshwayo, demanding he disband his armies and pay massive reparations. With a heavy heart, the king prepares his nation for war against their former allies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Truth in Fiction?
- De les sutherland en 07-10-18
De: James Mace
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Mr. Lincoln's Army
- De: Bruce Catton
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 17 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 272
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 242
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 240
A magnificent history of the opening years of the Civil War by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bruce Catton. The first book in Bruce Catton's Pulitzer Prize-winning Army of the Potomac Trilogy, Mr. Lincoln's Army is a riveting history of the early years of the Civil War, when a fledgling Union Army took its stumbling first steps under the command of the controversial general George McClellan.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very poor reader with great material
- De L Day en 07-28-16
De: Bruce Catton
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Through Russian Snows
- A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow
- De: G. A. Henty
- Narrado por: Jim Hodges
- Duración: 10 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia. Two brothers, diligent Frank and carefree Julian, end up on different sides of the conflict! Napoleon’s army of 500,000 defeat the Russians at Smolensk and Borodino, but wait too long after entering a deserted Moscow for Russia’s capitulation, which never comes. Retreat is the only option and a mere fifth of the army survive. Frank and Julian meet in Moscow under unexpected circumstances; one as the aid-de-camp to Sir Robert Wilson, the other having rescued the child of a Russian nobleman.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I...JUST....CANT
- De Heidi Schwarzinger en 09-24-23
De: G. A. Henty
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Four Years in the Stonewall Brigade
- De: John O. Casler
- Narrado por: Brian Holsopple
- Duración: 11 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 276
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 247
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 245
Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever. But this is one of the clearest and most informative ever put into audio. As a commander in Stonewall Jackson's brigade, John Casler experienced all the horrors and comedy of the American Civil War. His time was not so different from his countrymen on the other side, with the exception of point of view.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Common Soldier's Story
- De Dennis en 10-13-17
De: John O. Casler
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1862
- A Novel
- De: Robert Conroy
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 14 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 112
Outraged when the US Navy seizes three Confederates aboard an English sailing ship, Britain retaliates by entering the fray in support of the Rebels - and suddenly, it's a whole new war. Once again, cotton is king as the North's blockade crumbles before the might of the Royal Navy. While Lincoln confronts the monumental challenge of vanquishing mighty Britannia, the Redcoats revive their 1812 penchant for burning down American cities, and Union troops see Canada as ripe for the picking.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not realistic at all
- De Amazon Customer en 03-31-20
De: Robert Conroy
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Rebel Yell
- The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
- De: S. C. Gwynne
- Narrado por: Cotter Smith
- Duración: 24 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 4,750
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4,289
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 4,273
General Stonewall Jackson was like no one anyone had ever seen. In April of 1862 he was merely another Confederate general with only a single battle credential in an army fighting in what seemed to be a losing cause. By middle June he had engineered perhaps the greatest military campaign in American history and was one of the most famous men in the Western World. He had given the Confederate cause what it had recently lacked: hope.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Candidate for "My Daguerreotype Boyfriend"
- De Dorothy en 01-10-15
De: S. C. Gwynne
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- The Triumph and Tragedy of Australia's Most Famous Explorers
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The iconic Australian exploration story - brought to life by Peter FitzSimons, Australia's storyteller. 'They have left here today!' he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the ashes of the fire, it is to find it still hot. There is even a tiny flame flickering from the end of one log. They must have left just hours ago. Melbourne, 20 August 1860. In an ambitious quest to be the first Europeans to cross the harsh Australian continent, the Victorian Exploring Expedition sets off, with 15,000 well-wishers cheering them on.
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The Catalpa Rescue
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The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in history. Boston, 1869. Members of the Clan na Gael - agitators for an Irish republic - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote gaol on earth, Fremantle Prison in Western Australia. Under the guise of a whale hunt, Captain Anthony sets sail on the Catalpa, risking his life to rescue the men from the prison, known among the inmates as 'a living tomb'.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Terrific yarn
- De Garrett en 05-13-19
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The Battle of Le Hamel on 4 July 1918 was an Allied triumph and strategically very important in the closing stages of WWI. A largely Australian force, commanded by the brilliant Sir John Monash, fought what has been described as the first modern battle - where infantry, tanks, artillery and planes operated together as a coordinated force. Monash planned every detail meticulously, with nothing left to chance. Peter FitzSimons brings this Allied triumph to life and tells this magnificent story as it should be told.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent history, almost unknown in US
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Kokoda (by Peter FitzSimons)
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For Australians, Kokoda is the iconic battle of World War II, yet few people know just what happened and just what our troops achieved. Now, best-selling author Peter FitzSimons tells the Kokoda story in a gripping, moving story for all Australians.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Indomitable spirit
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James Cook
- The Story Behind the Man Who Mapped the World
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The name Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history - an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated. But who was the real James Cook? This Yorkshire farm boy would go on to become the foremost mariner, scientist, navigator and cartographer of his era, and to personally map a third of the globe. His great voyages of discovery were incredible feats of seamanship and navigation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great. But...
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The Battle of Long Tan
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It was the afternoon of 18 August 1966, hot, humid with grey monsoonal skies. D Company, 6RAR were four kilometres east of their Nui Dat base, on patrol in a rubber plantation not far from the abandoned village of Long Tan. A day after their base had suffered a mortar strike, they were looking for Viet Cong soldiers. Then—just when they were least expecting—they found them. Under withering fire, some Diggers perished, some were grievously wounded, the rest fought on, as they remained under sustained attack. For hours these men fought for their lives against the enemy onslaught.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Headwinds
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Burke and Wills
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- De: Peter FitzSimons
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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The iconic Australian exploration story - brought to life by Peter FitzSimons, Australia's storyteller. 'They have left here today!' he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the ashes of the fire, it is to find it still hot. There is even a tiny flame flickering from the end of one log. They must have left just hours ago. Melbourne, 20 August 1860. In an ambitious quest to be the first Europeans to cross the harsh Australian continent, the Victorian Exploring Expedition sets off, with 15,000 well-wishers cheering them on.
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The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in history. Boston, 1869. Members of the Clan na Gael - agitators for an Irish republic - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote gaol on earth, Fremantle Prison in Western Australia. Under the guise of a whale hunt, Captain Anthony sets sail on the Catalpa, risking his life to rescue the men from the prison, known among the inmates as 'a living tomb'.
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Terrific yarn
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The Battle of Le Hamel on 4 July 1918 was an Allied triumph and strategically very important in the closing stages of WWI. A largely Australian force, commanded by the brilliant Sir John Monash, fought what has been described as the first modern battle - where infantry, tanks, artillery and planes operated together as a coordinated force. Monash planned every detail meticulously, with nothing left to chance. Peter FitzSimons brings this Allied triumph to life and tells this magnificent story as it should be told.
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Great. But...
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Headwinds
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Mutiny on the Bounty
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The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, the Bounty's crew found themselves in a tropical paradise. Five months later, they did not want to leave.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You don't know the whole story.
- De Justin Sluyter en 05-01-19
De: Peter FitzSimons
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Storm of Steel
- De: Ernst Jünger
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Ernst Jünger was a famous German soldier who saw action during World War I. He is best known for his memoirs Storm of Steel, which chronicle his experiences during World War I.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great book
- De Amazon Customer en 12-28-20
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Batavia
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The story begins in 1629, when the pride of the Dutch East India Company, the Batavia, is on its maiden voyage en route from Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies, laden down with the greatest treasure to leave Holland. The magnificent ship is already boiling over with a mutinous plot that is just about to break into the open when, just off the coast of Western Australia, it strikes an unseen reef in the middle of the night.
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Disaster, Mutiny, Murder, Survival
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The Legend of Albert Jacka
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Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy young lad growing up in country Victoria, no one in the district had any idea the man Albert Jacka would become. THE LEGEND OF ALBERT JACKA is an unforgettable story of the bravery and sacrifice of one extraordinary soldier that takes us from the shores of Gallipoli to the battlefields of France, all brought to vivid life by Australia's greatest storyteller, Peter FitzSimons.
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Tobruk
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In the early days of April 1941, the 14,000 Australian forces garrisoned in the Libyan town of Tobruk were told to expect reinforcements and supplies within eight weeks... Eight months later these heroic, gallant, determined 'Rats of Tobruk' were rescued by the British Navy having held the fort against the might of Rommel's never-before defeated Afrika Corps.
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Fair dinkum
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The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse
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- De: Peter FitzSimons
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9
On 31st October 1917, as the day's light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the artillery, rifles and machine guns of the Turks occupying the seemingly unassailable town of Beersheba. What happened in the next hour changed the course of history. This brave battle and the extraordinary adventures that led to it are brought vividly to life by Australia's greatest storyteller, Peter FitzSimons.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Read
- De Jeff G en 07-31-24
De: Peter FitzSimons
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Miracle at Midway
- De: Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein
- Narrado por: Qarie Marshall
- Duración: 17 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 88
Six months after Pearl Harbor, the seemingly invincible Imperial Japanese Navy prepared a decisive blow against the United States. After sweeping through Asia and the South Pacific, Japan's military targeted the tiny atoll of Midway, an ideal launching pad for the invasion of Hawaii and beyond. But the United States Navy was waiting for them. Thanks to cutting-edge code-breaking technology, tactical daring, and a huge stroke of luck, the Americans under Admiral Chester W. Nimitz dealt the Japanese navy its first major defeat of the war.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Greatest Book on Midway Battle
- De WISDOC en 04-12-21
De: Gordon W. Prange, y otros
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Empire
- De: Niall Ferguson
- Narrado por: Sean Barrett
- Duración: 15 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 111
The British Empire was the largest in all history: the nearest thing to global domination ever achieved. The world we know today is in large measure the product of Britain's age of empire. The global spread of capitalism, telecommunications, the English language, and the institutions of representative government - all these can be traced back to the extraordinary expansion of Britain's economy, population, and culture from the 17th century until the mid-20th. On a vast and vividly colored canvas, Empire shows how the British Empire acted as midwife to modernity.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not Balanced till Conclusion
- De Hectoris en 08-13-20
De: Niall Ferguson
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Task Force Hogan
- The World War II Tank Battalion That Spearheaded the Liberation of Europe
- De: William R. Hogan
- Narrado por: Kaleo Griffith
- Duración: 11 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11
A fourth-generation soldier tells the story of his father’s tank battalion, the “Spearhead,” that selflessly led the charge on the front lines from Normandy into Germany—against impossible odds, technologically superior weaponry, and a fanatical enemy on its home turf—and the heroes whose sacrifice won World War II.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very realistic
- De Rock Bottom en 11-14-23
De: William R. Hogan
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The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins
- Australia's Greatest Explorer
- De: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrado por: Robert Meldrum
- Duración: 21 h y 34 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 23
Sir Hubert Wilkins is one of the most remarkable Australians who ever lived. The son of pioneer pastoralists in South Australia, Hubert studied engineering before moving on to photography, then sailing for England and a job producing films with the Gaumont Film Co. Brave and bold, he became a polar expeditioner, a brilliant war photographer, a spy in the Soviet Union, a pioneering aviator-navigator, a death-defying submariner - all while being an explorer and chronicler of the planet and its life forms that would do Vasco da Gama and Sir David Attenborough proud.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Incredible individual whom I hadn’t heard of.
- De David en 02-10-24
De: Peter FitzSimons
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Moscow 1812
- Napoleon’s Fatal March
- De: Adam Zamoyski
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 17 h y 32 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 45
In 1812 the most powerful man in the world assembled the largest army in history and marched on Moscow with the intention of consolidating his dominion. But within months, Napoleon's invasion of Russia—history's first example of total war—had turned into an epic military disaster. Over 400,000 French and Allied troops perished and Napoleon was forced to retreat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very well done
- De Zach Simon en 06-25-24
De: Adam Zamoyski
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The Great Anglo-Boer War
- De: Byron Farwell
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 23 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 152
The Great Boer War (1899-1902) - more properly the Great Anglo-Boer War - was one of the last romantic wars, pitting a sturdy, stubborn pioneer people fighting to establish the independence of their tiny nation against the British Empire at its peak of power and self-confidence. It was fought in the barren vastness of the South African veldt, and it produced in almost equal measure extraordinary feats of personal heroism, unbelievable examples of folly and stupidity, and many incidents of humor and tragedy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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There are no winners in war, only victims.
- De LtTora en 07-19-20
De: Byron Farwell
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Breaker Morant
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Total4 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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Historia4 out of 5 stars
- W. Schew
- 09-20-21
Give it a chance
I originally purchased this book but returned it after it initially failed to capture my interest. Then after considering the the author (whose books I thoroughly enjoy) and the great reviews, I decided to give it another chance. I’m glad I did! It eventually unfolded into a wonderful tale of history and brutal truth about a war a originally knew nothing about. Bravo Peter!!
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Total4 out of 5 stars
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- Bethany
- 07-25-24
Good but long
The first half was a little long and drawn out. Phenomonal performance, though. Very interesting (and true) story.
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- David R.
- 04-15-21
Horrors of war
The story is extraordinary. The narrator unmatched in talent and skill.
The brutality of war is astounding woven throughout this epic story.
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- Gael Dalton
- 04-04-23
Disappointing
I really wanted to know more about the Boer Wars, and this may have been fine as a short story. As a full-length book it really dragged. Besides being repetitive and overly dramatized, the "poetry" was awful and it featured way too prominently. I'm assuming the poetry was written by Morant but whoever wrote it, I hated it.
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