• Forgotten Voices of the Great War

  • By: Max Arthur
  • Narrated by: Richard Bebb
  • Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Release date: 03-06-14
  • Language: English
  • Publisher: Random House Audiobooks
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4.5 (11 ratings)

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Publisher's Summary

In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous task. A team of academics, archivists and volunteers set about tracing ordinary men and women who had lived through one of the most harrowing periods of modern history, the First World War. Veterans were interviewed in details about their day-to-day experiences, on and off the front. The project has since grown to be the most important archive of its kind in the world, and provides a unique account of life during the Great War.
Forty years on, the Imperial War Museum gave author Max Arthur and his team of researchers unlimited access to the complete WWI tapes. These are the forgotten voices of an entire generation of survivors of the Great War. The resulting audiobook is an important and compelling history of WWI, in the words of those who experienced it.This collection includes:


The Opening Shots: August 1914 - April 1915
From Ypres to Gallipoli: April 1915 - June 1916
The Somme and back to Ypres: July 1916 - July 1917
The Struggle to Victory: August 1917 - November 1918
©2002 Max Arthur & The Imperial War Museum (P)2003 Random House Audiobooks
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5 out of 5 stars
By Matthew on 08-07-14

Astounding listen

Where does Forgotten Voices of the Great War rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I am a new member, this is my first book downloaded. I first read this book many years ago, but am completly in awe, listening to the actual veterans first hand accounts really brings home the true reality, of the worst conflict in living history. Chaper 30 by George Ashusrt is particually poingant, as he relives Christmas day, Ypres, 1914, in the trenches.

Who was your favorite character and why?

No favourite

What about Richard Bebb’s performance did you like?

Richard Bedd was outstanding

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5 out of 5 stars
By Brian Marriott on 04-09-18

Haunting accounts

What did you like most about Forgotten Voices of the Great War?

So hard to imagine the mind set differences between Generals and ordinary foot soldiers.
Scary times , makes you thankful to have NOT been born around this time .

What was one of the most memorable moments of Forgotten Voices of the Great War?

Soldiers accounts are scary , sometimes funny but mainly scary.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

The whole book as one

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Class war .

Any additional comments?

The difference between classes at the turn of the century is remarkable. So glad it doesn’t exist to that degree today .

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By gideon.matthews on 10-21-16

Wow!!!

Listening to the actual voices of those soldiers that were part of this terrible episode in human history is unbelievable! Their accounts and thoughts, built in order with the historical events makes this audio book one of a kind.

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