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Tales of War

Gelesen von Ben Tucker

(4,5 Sterne; 10 Bewertungen)

Lord Dunsany brings his lucid and magical prose to the subject of the harsh realities of war by providing a series of vignettes that are at times grim and grounded but also at times eerie and fantastical. Summary by Ben Tucker. (2 hr 38 min)

Chapters

The Prayer of the Men of Daleswood

12:33

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The Road

5:02

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An Imperial Monument

5:03

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A Walk to the Trenches

5:10

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A Walk in Picardy

4:38

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What Happened on the Night of the Twenty-Seventh

5:56

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Standing To

2:55

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The Splendid Traveller

7:44

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Shells

5:22

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Two Degrees of Envy

3:48

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The Master of No Man’s Land

2:59

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Weeds and Wire

3:34

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Spring in England and Flanders

3:39

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The Nightmare Countries

4:46

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Spring and the Kaiser

2:53

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Two Songs

3:10

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The Punishment

7:59

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The English Spirit

5:35

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An Investigation Into the Causes and Origin of the War

7:23

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Lost

3:56

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The Last Mirage

4:33

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A Famous Man

4:47

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The Oases of Death

2:16

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Anglo-Saxon Tyranny

4:56

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Memories

4:41

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The Movement

5:37

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Nature’s Cad

6:26

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The Home of Herr Schnitzelhaaser

7:10

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A Deed of Mercy

4:30

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Last Scene of All

4:29

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Old England

4:43

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Bewertungen

great reader, stories from great to Eh

(3,5 Sterne)

Well read. FYI, these are not historical fiction. They are short stories ranging from mediocre to quite interesting. Your tastes may vary. Try it out - very few are the same.

A collection of stories with very different tone but finely read

(5 Sterne)

(5 Sterne)

Some wonderful stories very thoughtful. JKF