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The Somme and Back to Ypres: Forgotten Voices of the Great War, Hörbuch, Digital, 156min
During the dreadful Battle at Verdun, the French command urged the British to ease the pressure and launch their planned offensive on the Somme. The battle started on July 1st 1916, and in September the British used tanks for the first time. By November, the battlefields were turned into a quagmire, and the offensive was called off. The Allies had advanced six miles, at a cost of 420,000 British and Dominion casualties, and over 200,000 Frenchmen. Throughout the dreadful winter and the spring of '17, relentless fighting continued, exacting a heavy toll of lives. Some of the battle names have come down in history: Vimy Ridge, Arras, Messines, and Menin Road. The summer of 1917 was the wettest for years, and on the 31st July the third battle of Ypres started. Fought in a man-made swamp, there were, altogether some quarter of a million casualities. By now all the participating forces were locked in deadly combat on land, sea and in the air. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Bebb. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/000007/bk_rhuk_000007_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Nightingale , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 506min
In Nazi-occupied Paris, most Frenchmen tread warily, but gay nightclub singer Yves Lacroix puts himself in the spotlight with every performance. As a veteran of France's doomed defense, a survivor of a prison camp, and a "degenerate", he knows he's a target. His comic stage persona disguises a shamed, angry heart and gut-wrenching fear for a sister embedded in the Resistance. Yet Yves ascends the hierarchy of Parisian nightlife to become a star, attracting the attention - and the protection - of Nazi Oberst Heinrich von Starck. To complicate matters further, young foot soldier Falk Harfner's naïve adoration of Yves threatens everything he's worked for. So does Aryan ideologue von Grimmstein, rival to von Starck, who sees something "a bit like a Jew" in Yves. When an ill-chosen quip can mean torture at the hands of the Gestapo, being the acclaimed Nightingale of Paris might cost Yves his music and his life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/055995/bk_acx0_055995_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Navy Lark: Volume 32: The Classic BBC Radio Sitcom, Hörbuch, Digital, 114min
Jon Pertwee, Leslie Phillips and Stephen Murray star in four more episodes of the popular nautical comedy: Frenchmen in J.41 ('Having a Bit of Trouble with the French') 13 August 1967 Troutbridge returns from trials to find a French frigate docked in their berth - to Pertwee's great concern.... The Police Drop In ('Tangling with the Law') 20 August 1967 Povey is told to cooperate with the law over a theft from a local museum - but the Troutbridge crew get nervous when a police helicopter drops in. The Bumble Spit Lighthouse Affair ('Cavorting About') 23 April 1972 Troutbridge has an unfortunate collision with the Bumble Spit Light Vessel, and Murray is feeling tetchy because Rita is away. The Tonipouhaha Treasure ('Digging Themselves Stupid') 30 April 1972 An MOD decision that Troutbridge should 'show the flag' in the South Seas leads the Master to head to Tonipouhaha in search of buried treasure.... These classic BBC radio episodes also feature Ronnie Barker, Richard Caldicot, Heather Chasen, Tenniel Evans, Michael Bates and Elizabeth Morgan. Language: English. Narrator: Leslie Phillips, Stephen Murray, Jon Pertwee, full cast. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/002928/bk_rhuk_002928_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Corsican Death , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 332min
With a handful of agents, Bolt takes on the crown prince of European smuggling Two French businessmen come to the United States to arrange an export deal. Normally the federal government would have no interest, but these Frenchmen are Corsican, and their product is the finest heroin in the world. For months the crime syndicate overseen by Count Napoleon Bonaparte Lonzu has stockpiled its smack, creating a worldwide shortage and sending demand through the roof. Now it is time to open the floodgates, and dump a colossal shipment of white heroin onto the United States. But the deal goes sour from the very start. Lanzu’s lieutenants run into John Bolt, a narcotics agent who makes the toughest Corsicans wilt. He only has a handful of operatives in his critically underfunded anti-drug detail, but Bolt will crack the Corsican syndicate if he has to cross the Atlantic to do it. Count Lanzu may have an army, but next to a determined American cop, every Napoleon looks small. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: J. P. Linton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/005907/bk_adbl_005907_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Night Fighters in France: SAS Operation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 354min
Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But can the SAS distract the Nazis to allow airborne landings to go ahead? September 1944: in the wake of the successful Anvil landings, the Allies plan airborne landings in the Orléans Gap. To soften the enemy beforehand, they decide to drop a squadron of men and jeeps in Central France, to hit enemy positions and distract attention from the landings taking place elsewhere. Operation Kipling begins when 46 jeeps and 107 well-armed SAS men from C Squadron are parachuted in with orders to establish a base and contact the Maquis - Frenchmen living in makeshift forest camps, conducting sabotage missions behind enemy lines. Even as they are setting up camp, the airborne landings are cancelled and the SAS ordered to conduct aggressive patrolling. Over the coming weeks, C Squadron must carry out a succession of high-risk night raids against the Germans, racing into occupied towns in jeeps, firing on the move and racing out again to continually harass the enemy and inflict heavy casualties. Or die trying. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Barrett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/002388/bk_hcuk_002388_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America's Destiny , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 345min
Another pop history pause-resister from the New York Times best-selling authors of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates. When the British fought the young United States during the War of 1812, they knew that taking the mouth of the Mississippi River was the key to crippling their former colony. Capturing the city of New Orleans and stopping trade up the river sounded like a simple task - New Orleans was far away from Washington, out of sight and out of mind for the politicians. What the British didn't count on was the power of General Andrew Jackson. A formidable military leader with a grudge against the British and a heart for the common man, he rallied the divided inhabitants of New Orleans, bringing together Frenchmen, Native Americans, freed slaves, pirates, and Kentucky woodsmen. In their now trademark fashion, Kilmeade and Yaeger will trace the development of Jackson's character and bring the listener to the scenes of one of the most pivotal - and surprising - battles in American history. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian Kilmeade. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/003259/bk_peng_003259_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Frenchman: Bennett Sisters Mysteries, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 553min
Ooh-la-la, who doesn't love a Frenchman? Merle Bennett goes back to France - and her Frenchman - in this fifth installment of the Bennett Sisters mysteries. Sure that la belle France will cure all her ills and help her write a novel about the French Revolution, she sets out to prove her theory correct. Pascal, her Frenchman, scoffs at this. As a policeman, he knows France is pretty to look at but not all that pretty under surface. While Merle writes and renovates her stone cottage, Pascal encounters an old enemy, a man he put in prison years before. When Pascal disappears, Merle isn't sure if their relationship is over or something terrible has happened to Pascal. The Frenchman includes chapters of Merle's novel, a glimpse into life during the turmoil of the Revolution. With goats and a handsome stranger! A soupçon of danger, a brush with madame guillotine, and the quirky characters of the French countryside, all collide in this new installment of the Bennett Sisters mysteries, set in la belle France - where, obviously, wine, sunshine, sunflowers, and Frenchmen cure all ills. Or do they? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Denice Stradling. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/111399/bk_acx0_111399_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Summary of Barkskins: by Annie Proulx: Includes Analysis , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 32min
Barkskins by Annie Proulx is a novel about settler colonialism in North America and the eradication of the boreal forest and its native inhabitants. The novel spans 300 years tracing the family lineages of two Frenchmen, Charles Duquet and René Sel. In the late 17th century, Duquet and Sel, two poor indentured servants, arrive in the wild, seemingly infinite coniferous forest of New France. Their master, Claude Trépagny, tasks them with cutting trees to clear the land for a new maize plot. He tells them that after three years of servitude, they will receive their own land to work. Soon after, the enterprising Duquet runs away to join the fur trade. Sel, a skilled woodsman, remains. But then Trépagny forces Sel to marry Mari, an older Mi'kmaw woman with whom Trépagny had been living, so that Trépagny can marry a wealthy Frenchwoman. PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Inside this Instaread Summary of Barkskins: Summary of the book Important people Character analysis Analysis of the themes and author's style About the author With Instaread, you can get the key takeaways, summary and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Murphy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/064769/bk_acx0_064769_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Death of a Century: A Novel of the Lost Generation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 643min
Greenwich, Connecticut, 1922. Newspaper man Joe Henry finds himself the primary suspect when his friend, fellow reporter Wynton Gresham, is murdered. Both were veterans of French battles during WWI - the war that was supposed to end all wars. Unanswered questions pile up in the wake of a violent night: Gresham lies dead in his home, a manuscript he had just completed has gone missing, three Frenchmen lie dead in a car accident less than a mile from Gresham's home, and a trunk full of Gresham's clothes lies neatly packed in his bedroom. Hours after his friend's death, Henry discovers in Gresham's desk drawer a one-way ticket reserved in his friend's name aboard a steamer ship to France. The ticket is dated for the next day. Henry steals away under Gresham's identity, escaping the heated interrogation of the town sheriff, to Paris in the roaring '20s. In the city of light, he becomes a hunted man. To clear his name he must find the man responsible for his friend's murder while evading his own and discover the deadly secret revealed in the lost manuscript. In the process, with the help of other broken veteran expats of Hemingway's lost generation living in Paris, he finds hope in a world irrevocably altered by war. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: William Roberts. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/022823/bk_adbl_022823_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Strange Defeat (eBook, ePUB)
A renowned historian and Resistance fighter - later executed by the Nazis - analyzes at first hand why France fell in 1940. Marc Bloch wrote Strange Defeat during the three months following the fall of France, after he returned home from military service. In the midst of his anguish, he nevertheless "brought to his study of the crisis all the critical faculty and all the penetrating analysis of a first-rate historian" (Christian Science Monitor). Bloch takes a close look at the military failures he witnessed, examining why France was unable to respond to attack quickly and effectively. He gives a personal account of the battle of France, followed by a biting analysis of the generation between the wars. His harsh conclusion is that the immediate cause of the disaster was the utter incompetence of the High Command, but his analysis ranges broadly, appraising all the factors, social as well as military, which since 1870 had undermined French national solidarity. "Much has been, and will be, written in explanation of the defeat of France in 1940, but it seems unlikely that the truth of the matter will ever be more accurately and more vividly presented than in this statement of evidence." - P. J. Philip, New York Times Book Review "The most wisdom-packed commentary on the problem set [before] all intelligent and patriotic Frenchmen by the events of 1940." - D. W. Brogan, Spectator- Shop: buecher
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