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I am Mathieu Baptiste or at least what is still left of him. I am Chef de Bataillon, what the British call a Major. But as I walk, horseless through knee deep snow, rank is of no consequence. I started out on a fine ebony stallion commanding the 1st Squadron or the 1st "Elite". We rode on the blacks, 5th company on browns and blacks. But none of us ride now. All the horses are long gone in the army of Little Boney, Napoleon Bonaparte. We are on foot from now on.
This is the story of a small French Calvary unit walking in retreat back out of Russia. Weather, enemy troops and nature herself attempt to kill them at every breath.
We trudge past frozen corpses. Arms akimbo in ridged pleas for salvation. But we are all damned in this frozen hell.
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De: Nancy Roberts
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Cain at Gettysburg
- De: Ralph Peters
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 15 h y 20 m
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Two mighty armies blunder toward each other, one led by confident, beloved Robert E. Lee and the other by dour George Meade. They’ll meet in a Pennsylvania crossroads town where no one planned to fight. In this sweeping, savagely realistic novel, the greatest battle ever fought on American soil explodes into life at Gettysburg. As generals squabble, staffs err. Tragedy unfolds for immigrants in blue and barefoot Rebels alike. The fate of the nation will be decided in a few square miles of fields. There are no marble statues here, only men of flesh and blood, imperfect and courageous.
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Historical fiction with a soul!
- De 9S en 04-22-12
De: Ralph Peters
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Henry Knox's Noble Train
- The Story of a Boston Bookseller's Heroic Expedition That Saved the American Revolution
- De: William Hazelgrove
- Narrado por: Tom Parks
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
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During the brutal winter of 1775-1776, an untested Boston bookseller named Henry Knox commandeered an oxen train hauling 60 tons of cannons and other artillery from Fort Ticonderoga near the Canadian border. He and his men journeyed some 300 miles south and east over frozen, often treacherous terrain to supply George Washington for his attack of British troops occupying Boston. The result was the British surrender of Boston and the first major victory for the Colonial Army.
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A must listen
- De Ronald Kern en 01-15-24
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The Adventures of a Revolutionary Soldier
- De: Joseph Plumb Martin
- Narrado por: Brandon Wright
- Duración: 9 h y 11 m
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Joseph Plumb Martin (1760-1850) was a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Martin participated in the Battles of Brooklyn, the White Plains and Monmouth, and the siege of Fort Mifflin, and the Battle of Monmouth. The Adventures of a Revolutionary Soldier relates the adventures of a young private serving his country under terrible conditions. There are engaging accounts of army life, adventures, dangers, and suffering during the years 1776-1783.
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A Gospel of the Revolution
- De Eric en 07-19-21
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Now It Can Be Told
- De: Philip Gibbs
- Narrado por: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Duración: 19 h y 19 m
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Sir Philip Gibbs served as one of five official British reporters during the First World War. In this book he relays the experiences of British soldiers and offers a detailed narrative of the events of World War I, while trying to draw broader conclusions about the nature of war and how it can be prevented in the future.
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An unusually worthwhile listen.
- De Alan en 08-19-18
De: Philip Gibbs
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Four Years in the Stonewall Brigade
- De: John O. Casler
- Narrado por: Brian Holsopple
- Duración: 11 h y 21 m
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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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The Common Soldier's Story
- De Dennis en 10-13-17
De: John O. Casler
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Honored Enemy
- Legends of the Riftwar, Book 1
- De: Raymond E. Feist, William R. Forstchen
- Narrado por: Matt Bates
- Duración: 13 h y 17 m
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In the frozen Northlands of Midkemia, Captain Dennis Hartraft’s Marauders have just had a disastrous encounter with their sworn enemy, the Tsurani. Wounded and disheartened, the Mauraders set out for the shelter of a frontier garrison. They don’t know that a Tsurani patrol is sent to support an assault on that same garrison.
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Easily summed up...
- De MizLady en 02-22-21
De: Raymond E. Feist, y otros
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Final Blackout
- De: L. Ron Hubbard
- Narrado por: Roddy McDowall
- Duración: 2 h y 56 m
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The world is in the throes of economic decay and at the mercy of terrorists. Across this post-apocalyptic landscape marches one extraordinary soldier and his band of brothers. In a novel as disturbingly plausible as it is powerfully gripping, they are headed into a battle in which they will have to come to grips with the power of technology and the true price of freedom.
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Robert's Review
- De Robert the Dispatcher en 06-22-15
De: L. Ron Hubbard
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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
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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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Truth in Fiction?
- De les sutherland en 07-10-18
De: James Mace
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Britannia's Fist: From Civil War to World War
- De: Peter G. Tsouras
- Narrado por: Phil Holland
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
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In this, the first volume of renowned author and historian Peter G. Tsouras’s alternative history trilogy, Great Britain’s support for the Confederacy takes it to the brink of war with the Union. The escape of a British-built Confederate ironclad finally ignites the heap of combustible animosities and national interests. When the US Navy seizes it in British waters, the ensuing battle spirals into all-out war. Napoleon III eagerly joins the British and declares war on the United States.
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Ive read history textbooks that were better
- De J.Ferguson en 08-23-18
De: Peter G. Tsouras
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The Illustrious Dead
- The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army
- De: Stephan Talty
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 9 h y 27 m
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In the spring of 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte was at the height of his powers. Forty-five million called him emperor, and he commanded a nation that was the richest, most cultured, and advanced on earth. No army could stand against his impeccably trained, brilliantly led forces, and his continued sweep across Europe seemed inevitable.
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Captivating
- De Joshua Kim en 06-10-12
De: Stephan Talty
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Sherman's March
- The First Full-Length Narrative of General William T. Sherman's Devastating March Through Georgia and the Carolinas
- De: Burke Davis
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 11 h
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In November 1864, just days after the reelection of President Abraham Lincoln, General William T. Sherman vowed to "make Georgia howl." The hero of Shiloh and his 65,000 Federal troops destroyed the great city of Atlanta, captured Savannah, and cut a wide swath of destruction through Georgia and the Carolinas on their way to Virginia. A scorched-earth campaign that continues to haunt the Southern imagination, Sherman's "March to the Sea" and ensuing drive north was a crucial turning point in the War between the States.
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This is fiction, not history.
- De Anonymous User en 11-25-19
De: Burke Davis