Guardians of the Crown

The British Guards Regiments (Silent Warriors: Inside the World’s Elite Special Forces)

De: Korey Blathewick

Narrado por: Chris Bentley

From the gleaming parade grounds of Buckingham Palace to the mud-churned battlefields of history, the British Guards Regiments have long stood as the very embodiment of discipline, loyalty, and national pride. Guardians of the Crown takes listeners behind the polished buttons and scarlet tunics to reveal the extraordinary dual world of these soldiers — at once symbols of royal pageantry and hardened warriors forged in the crucible of war.

On any given day, a Guardsman may stand motionless before the gates of the Palace, watched by thousands, before training for combat in far-flung corners of the world. This seamless blend of ceremony and readiness is what makes the Guards unique — an unbroken thread of service stretching from the reign of Charles II to the front lines of modern warfare. Through ten meticulously researched chapters, Korey Blathewick traces their evolution from seventeenth-century royal bodyguards to the elite, battle-tested professionals of today.

The journey begins with their formation during an age of kings and revolutions, when loyalty to the monarch meant life or death. From the Scots Guards who first stood watch over Charles I to the Coldstream Guards, whose defiant motto “Nulli Secundus” — Second to None — was born amid England’s civil turmoil, the audiobook reveals how Britain’s earliest royal protectors became the foundation of a new military ideal. At Waterloo, they cemented their legend, the Grenadier Guards earning their name after facing Napoleon’s Imperial Guard and turning the tide of Europe’s greatest battle.

As the Empire expanded, the Guards carried their scarlet banners to every corner of the globe. They fought through the frozen trenches of the Crimea, stormed the dusty hills of Egypt, and stood firm in South Africa’s Boer War

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An Insightful Military History

Rather than focusing on one war, the audiobook provides a long view of history. This perspective helps listeners understand how military institutions evolve over time.

Highlights Loyalty and Discipline

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A Deeper Look at Military Tradition

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