I highly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in the events leading up to the First World War.Ī Great Book-One Of My Alltime Favorite Books In my view it is better than either of the other of her books (The Proud Tower and The Distant Mirror) that I have listended to. I gave this book 5 stars and think it is worth every one. One would hope that given the new visual capabilities of todays devices the producers would find some way to include maps. However the first complaint is problably a lack in the original printed form of the book and the second is a drawback of narrated books in general. I had to get my John Keegan book on the First World War and look at the maps to understand exactly what was happening. One is that not all of the French is translated into English and the other is that there are no maps. Descriptions and events are clear and largely riveting. I think that Nadia May, who narrates this and other Barbara Tuchman books, does a wonderful job. Occasionally I come across a book that is so good that I don't know if I should keep listening or turn it off for fear of finishing too quickly.
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