-
With Zeal and with Bayonets Only
- The British Army on Campaign in North America, 1775-1783
- Narrated by: John Skinner
- Length: 13 hrs and 37 mins
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy for $24.95
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Noble Volunteers
- The British Soldiers Who Fought the American Revolution
- By: Don N. Hagist
- Narrated by: David Beveridge
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In Noble Volunteers: The British Soldiers Who Fought the American Revolution, Don N. Hagist brings life to these soldiers, describing the training, experiences, and outcomes of British soldiers who fought during the Revolution. Drawing on thousands of military records and other primary sources in British, American, and Canadian archives, and the writings of dozens of officers and soldiers, Noble Volunteers shows how a peacetime army responded to the onset of war, how professional soldiers adapted quickly and effectively to become tactically dominant, and more.
By: Don N. Hagist
-
The Road to Guilford Courthouse
- The American Revolution in the Carolinas
- By: John Buchanan
- Narrated by: Pete Cross
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This brilliant account of the proud and ferocious American fighters who stood up to the British forces in savage battles highlights just how crucial these individuals were in deciding both the fate of the Carolina colonies and the outcome of the American Civil War.
-
-
Amazing Book
- By Anthony S. on 04-01-21
By: John Buchanan
-
The Compleat Victory
- Saratoga and the American Revolution
- By: Kevin Weddle
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 18 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the late summer and fall of 1777, after two years of indecisive fighting on both sides, the outcome of the American War of Independence hung in the balance. Having successfully expelled the Americans from Canada in 1776, the British were determined to end the rebellion the following year and devised what they believed a war-winning strategy, sending General John Burgoyne south to rout the Americans and take Albany.
-
-
Excellent resource
- By Craig A. Tyler on 08-25-21
By: Kevin Weddle
-
Brandywine
- A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777
- By: Michael Harris
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Harris' Brandywine is the first complete study to merge the strategic, political, and tactical history of this complex operation and important set-piece battle into a single compelling account. More than a decade in the making, his sweeping prose relies almost exclusively upon original archival research and his personal knowledge of the terrain. Told largely through the words of those who fought there, Brandywine will take its place as one of the most important military studies of the American Revolution ever written.
By: Michael Harris
-
The Road to Concord
- How Four Stolen Cannon Ignited the Revolutionary War (Journal of the American Revolution Books)
- By: J. L. Bell
- Narrated by: Douglas R. Pratt
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Road to Concord: How Four Stolen Cannon Ignited the Revolutionary War by historian J. L. Bell reveals a new dimension to the start of America’s War for Independence by tracing the spark of its first battle back to little-known events beginning in September 1774. The author relates how radical Patriots secured those four cannon and smuggled them out of Boston, and how Gage sent out spies and search parties to track them down.
By: J. L. Bell
-
Devil of a Whipping
- The Battle of Cowpens
- By: Lawrence Babits
- Narrated by: Knighton Bliss
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The battle of Cowpens was a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War in the South and stands as perhaps the finest American tactical demonstration of the entire war. On January 17, 1781, Daniel Morgan's force of Continental troops and militia routed British regulars and Loyalists under the command of Banastre Tarleton. The victory at Cowpens helped put the British army on the road to the Yorktown surrender and, ultimately, cleared the way for American independence.
-
-
Don't forget the reference downloads!
- By Jeff on 01-22-10
By: Lawrence Babits
-
Noble Volunteers
- The British Soldiers Who Fought the American Revolution
- By: Don N. Hagist
- Narrated by: David Beveridge
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In Noble Volunteers: The British Soldiers Who Fought the American Revolution, Don N. Hagist brings life to these soldiers, describing the training, experiences, and outcomes of British soldiers who fought during the Revolution. Drawing on thousands of military records and other primary sources in British, American, and Canadian archives, and the writings of dozens of officers and soldiers, Noble Volunteers shows how a peacetime army responded to the onset of war, how professional soldiers adapted quickly and effectively to become tactically dominant, and more.
By: Don N. Hagist
-
The Road to Guilford Courthouse
- The American Revolution in the Carolinas
- By: John Buchanan
- Narrated by: Pete Cross
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This brilliant account of the proud and ferocious American fighters who stood up to the British forces in savage battles highlights just how crucial these individuals were in deciding both the fate of the Carolina colonies and the outcome of the American Civil War.
-
-
Amazing Book
- By Anthony S. on 04-01-21
By: John Buchanan
-
The Compleat Victory
- Saratoga and the American Revolution
- By: Kevin Weddle
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 18 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the late summer and fall of 1777, after two years of indecisive fighting on both sides, the outcome of the American War of Independence hung in the balance. Having successfully expelled the Americans from Canada in 1776, the British were determined to end the rebellion the following year and devised what they believed a war-winning strategy, sending General John Burgoyne south to rout the Americans and take Albany.
-
-
Excellent resource
- By Craig A. Tyler on 08-25-21
By: Kevin Weddle
-
Brandywine
- A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777
- By: Michael Harris
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Harris' Brandywine is the first complete study to merge the strategic, political, and tactical history of this complex operation and important set-piece battle into a single compelling account. More than a decade in the making, his sweeping prose relies almost exclusively upon original archival research and his personal knowledge of the terrain. Told largely through the words of those who fought there, Brandywine will take its place as one of the most important military studies of the American Revolution ever written.
By: Michael Harris
-
The Road to Concord
- How Four Stolen Cannon Ignited the Revolutionary War (Journal of the American Revolution Books)
- By: J. L. Bell
- Narrated by: Douglas R. Pratt
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Road to Concord: How Four Stolen Cannon Ignited the Revolutionary War by historian J. L. Bell reveals a new dimension to the start of America’s War for Independence by tracing the spark of its first battle back to little-known events beginning in September 1774. The author relates how radical Patriots secured those four cannon and smuggled them out of Boston, and how Gage sent out spies and search parties to track them down.
By: J. L. Bell
-
Devil of a Whipping
- The Battle of Cowpens
- By: Lawrence Babits
- Narrated by: Knighton Bliss
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The battle of Cowpens was a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War in the South and stands as perhaps the finest American tactical demonstration of the entire war. On January 17, 1781, Daniel Morgan's force of Continental troops and militia routed British regulars and Loyalists under the command of Banastre Tarleton. The victory at Cowpens helped put the British army on the road to the Yorktown surrender and, ultimately, cleared the way for American independence.
-
-
Don't forget the reference downloads!
- By Jeff on 01-22-10
By: Lawrence Babits
-
About Face
- By: Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., Julie Sherman
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 40 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From age 15 to 40, David Hackworth devoted himself to the US Army and fast became a living legend. In 1971, however, he appeared on television to decry the doomed war effort in Vietnam. With About Face, he has written what many Vietnam veterans have called the most important book of their generation.
-
-
An excellent adaptation of an excellent book
- By Tom Rogneby on 07-18-19
By: Colonel David H. Hackworth US Army Ret., and others
-
The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861 (Campaigns and Commanders Series)
- By: Edward G. Longacre
- Narrated by: Aaron Killian
- Length: 22 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Union and Confederate forces squared off along Bull Run on July 21, 1861, the Federals expected this first major military campaign would bring an early end to the Civil War. But when Confederate troops launched a strong counterattack, both sides realized the war would be longer and costlier than anticipated. First Bull Run, or First Manassas, set the stage for four years of bloody conflict that forever changed the political, social, and economic fabric of the nation. It also introduced the commanders, tactics, and weaponry that would define the American way of war through the turn of the twentieth century.
-
-
any student of history will like this
- By Bobcat286 on 08-28-18
-
The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution and the Fate of the Empire
- The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
- By: Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 21 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame, but were they? This intriguing audiobook makes a different argument. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men historian Andrew O'Shaughnessy dispels the incompetence myth and uncovers the real reasons that rebellious colonials were able to achieve victory.
-
-
It didn't lose me
- By Matt on 04-28-15
-
Agincourt
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Charles Keating
- Length: 16 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Bernard Cornwell, the New York Times best-selling "reigning king of historical fiction" (USA Today), tackles his most thrilling, rich, and enthralling subject yet - the heroic tale of Agincourt. The epic battle immortalized by William Shakespeare in his classic Henry V is the background for this breathtaking tale of heroism, love, devotion, and duty from the legendary author of the Richard Sharpe novels and the Saxon Tales.
-
-
What is WITH that music?
- By Lois on 08-26-15
By: Bernard Cornwell
-
Travels with George
- In Search of Washington and His Legacy
- By: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Does George Washington still matter? Best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington’s unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new president through all 13 former colonies, which were now an unsure nation. Travels with George marks a new first-person voice for Philbrick, weaving history and personal reflection into a single narrative.
-
-
Fun listen but too much about slavery
- By Paul W. Brazis on 09-19-21
-
The War Before Independence
- 1775-1776
- By: Derek W. Beck
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The United States was creeping ever closer to independence. The shot heard round the world still echoed in the ears of Parliament as impassioned revolutionaries took up arms for and against king and country. In this captivating blend of careful research and rich narrative, Derek W. Beck continues his exploration into the period preceding the Declaration of Independence, just days into the new Revolutionary War. The War Before Independence transports listeners into the violent years of 1775 and 1776, with the infamous Battle of Bunker Hill.
-
-
Narrating error
- By K. Lilja-King on 02-17-22
By: Derek W. Beck
-
The Cornfield
- Antietam's Bloody Turning Point
- By: David A. Welker
- Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
For generations of Americans, the word Antietam - the name of a bucolic stream in western Maryland - held the same sense of horror and carnage that the date 9/11 does for Americans today. But Antietam eclipses even this modern tragedy as America's single bloodiest day, on which 22,000 men became casualties in a war to determine our nation's future.
By: David A. Welker
-
Black Flags, Blue Waters
- The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
- By: Eric Jay Dolin
- Narrated by: Paul Brion
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy's "Golden Age" when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond. Best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin illustrates how American colonists at first supported these outrageous pirates in an early display of solidarity against the Crown, and then violently opposed them. Upending popular misconceptions and cartoonish stereotypes, Dolin provides this wholly original account of these seafaring outlaws.
-
-
Solid read, BUT...
- By K ODell on 07-17-19
By: Eric Jay Dolin
-
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution: 1763-1789
- By: Robert Middlekauff
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 26 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically-acclaimed volume - a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize - offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic.
-
-
Strong History Rich With Behind The Scenes Details
- By John on 10-06-11
-
In the Hurricane's Eye
- The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown
- By: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 9 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In a narrative that moves from Washington's headquarters on the Hudson River, to the wooded hillside in North Carolina where Nathanael Greene fought Lord Cornwallis to a vicious draw, to Lafayette's brilliant series of maneuvers across Tidewater Virginia, author Nathaniel Philbrick details the epic and suspenseful year through to its triumphant conclusion. A riveting and wide-ranging story, full of dramatic, unexpected turns, In the Hurricane's Eye reveals that the fate of the American Revolution depended, in the end, on Washington and the sea.
-
-
The Full Story of the Siege of Yorktown
- By Early Dawn on 11-27-18
-
The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume I, Fort Sumter to Perryville
- By: Shelby Foote
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 42 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume 1 begins one of the most remarkable works of history ever fashioned. All the great battles are here, of course, from Bull Run through Shiloh, the Seven Days Battles, and Antietam, but so are the smaller ones: Ball's Bluff, Fort Donelson, Pea Ridge, Island Ten, New Orleans, and Monitor versus Merrimac.
-
-
One of the great literary achievements of all time
- By Judd Bagley on 01-09-09
By: Shelby Foote
-
Henry Knox's Noble Train
- The Story of a Boston Bookseller's Heroic Expedition That Saved the American Revolution
- By: William Hazelgrove
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
During the brutal winter of 1775-1776, an untested Boston bookseller named Henry Knox commandeered an oxen train hauling 60 tons of cannons and other artillery from Fort Ticonderoga near the Canadian border. He and his men journeyed some 300 miles south and east over frozen, often treacherous terrain to supply George Washington for his attack of British troops occupying Boston. The result was the British surrender of Boston and the first major victory for the Colonial Army.
Publisher's Summary
The image is indelible: densely packed lines of slow-moving Redcoats picked off by American sharpshooters. Now Matthew H. Spring reveals how British infantry in the American Revolutionary War really fought.
This groundbreaking audiobook offers a new analysis of the British Army during the “American rebellion” at both operational and tactical levels. Presenting fresh insights into the speed of British tactical movements, Spring discloses how the system for training the army prior to 1775 was overhauled and adapted to the peculiar conditions confronting it in North America.
First scrutinizing such operational problems as logistics, manpower shortages, and poor intelligence, Spring then focuses on battlefield tactics to examine how troops marched to the battlefield, deployed, advanced, and fought. In particular, he documents the use of turning movements, the loosening of formations, and a reliance on bayonet-oriented shock tactics, and he also highlights the army's ability to tailor its tactical methods to local conditions.
Written with flair and a wealth of details that will engage scholars and history enthusiasts alike, With Zeal and with Bayonets Only offers a thorough reinterpretation of how the British Army's North American campaign progressed and invites serious reassessment of most of its battles.
More from the same
What listeners say about With Zeal and with Bayonets Only
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- John
- 12-11-14
Wonderful book! Terrible editing and narration.
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Yes, because this is a seminal book in understanding the actual functioning of the British army on campaign in North America during the revolutionary war. Excellent use of first person accounts. Some of the material is dense but it's written clearly. Unfortunately, the narrator was not up to the task of bringing this fascinating account to live. I urge the potential listener to persevere, the content is worth it.
What was one of the most memorable moments of With Zeal and with Bayonets Only?
There is no single memorable moment. Overall however, Matthew Spring smashes long-held (and erroneous) beliefs about how the British Army conducted warfare when on campaign during the Revolutionary War. The opening chapters and the contemporary accounts cited liberally throughout the book help the reader understand strategy and tactics employed by the British army, how the army adapted to warfare on the North American continent, and why suppression of the revolution was a doomed enterprise from the outset. I might add, that to me at least, there appear to be obvious parallels between the British strategy and tactics, the rebel response, the geographical and physical context of the war, and the US prosecution of the war in Vietnam.
How could the performance have been better?
This book deserves a better narrator. Non-fiction history requires oral reading skills that the narrator does not possess. The major flaw with this performance is that about the beginning of Chapter Nine (a couple of hours into the second download) the Editors were asleep at the wheel. As a result, the listener will hear 30-45 minutes of the narrator stopping, starting, repeating words and phrases, stumbling over names, trying several different inflections, clearing his throat, making side comments, and the like. It's clear that either no one at the production company listened to the whole book, or they mistakenly uploaded the wrong version. I simply had to skip much of that chapter. Were I the author, I'd be foaming at the mouth.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
Yes, and it would be an interesting movie too!
Any additional comments?
I've notified Audible about the problems with Chapter Nine, but have not heard back from them. I hope they will put up a properly edited version soon!
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Michael S Healy
- 01-07-15
Terrible, mechanical narration!
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
It was painful to listen to this book. I thought it was narrated by a robot. I deleted this book before the end.
What did you like best about this story?
The history was great.
What didn’t you like about John Skinner’s performance?
A dreadfully boring narration. PLEASE re-record with another voice. No robots.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
A great documentary in this material.
Any additional comments?
PLEASE re-record with a live narrator!!! Or provide a refund.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- jesse
- 01-26-15
they recorded the guy while he was practicing!
great book, but in chapter 13 or 14 you cab hear the narrator messing up, and rereading part of the chapter lol
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- DoodleG
- 12-09-14
Excellent Book, TERRIBLE Narration
Would you try another book from Matthew H. Spring and/or John Skinner?
I loved the book; I have it on my Kindle. I read more of Spring's books. The Narration was terrible, wooden, blocky, WORSE than a computer voice. I would rarther have the Kindle computer voice read than this Narration. I cannot listen to this!
What other book might you compare With Zeal and with Bayonets Only to and why?
I love the book,
Would you be willing to try another one of John Skinner’s performances?
The Narration was Terrible. I have 200 + Audible titles. This is the WORST Reading ever. NO do not get a Skinner reading.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from With Zeal and with Bayonets Only?
I would not cut from the book, but i would change the Reader.
Any additional comments?
This was BAD!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Faith
- 06-06-21
The editing is terrible at the the 13 hour mark.
I struggled to finish this book. It's a dry book, I came in with that anticipation, but it's a topic I have a great deal of interest and I was able to adjust to to the narrator being a bit robotic and gained the knowledge and learning I was looking for. until I hit about the 13 hour mark where the editing ceases. The narrator begins regularly clearing his throat, coughing, at one point he states, "I need water." and "That's not even a word." That is a problem with editing. It continues for approximately 45 minutes. it was excruciatingly painful. That section needs to be fixed. I will be seeking a refund.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Patrick
- 12-23-19
Very disappointing
This audio book was disappointing. It spent too much time discussing minutiae of the British army often in battles that are largely unknown to people familiar with the battles of the revolutionary war. Virtually no time on analysis of leadership and strategy or personalities of British leadership/campaign objectives. Chapter 8/13 was the worst audio segment I have heard with it sounding like a stuck recording and the narrator clearing his throat/repeating himself. I would not recommend this audio book to others
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Christopher Croft
- 05-04-19
Very informative, awful narrator.
Great book and very informative, however the narrator was very dull and the and the reading was not edited in about the 14th chapter when the narrator struggled for about 5 minutes stumbling over words and even commenting that he needed a drink of water. overall it was a great book.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Prince of Moskova
- 04-16-19
Where Was The Editor?
Around the 3hr 30min remaining mark there is no editing. It was humorous in the beginning when the narrator stumbled, cleared his throat, asked for water, messed up over and over again, restarted over and over and over, but after several minutes it becomes very tiring. I returned this book, the only one I have ever exercised that option to do so.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- John C
- 01-14-19
narration was robotic and unemotional unfortunatel
narration was slow and robotic and unfortunately unemotional. the listening of this book stopped after 1 chapter very sad
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Gary Snailham
- 01-24-15
Skinned Alive
What would have made With Zeal and with Bayonets Only better?
This work requires a narrator who can do this important title justice. Mr Spring, I can only assume, will look on with incredulity as to to what as been inflicted on his book. An American narrator and no doubt editorial team have produced the worst reading I have ever heard. Americans have once again foiled the British Army.
What did you like best about this story?
With Zeal and with Bayonets only is probably one of the most important books on the British Army in North America for many years. It offers a revision of the long standing view that the British army was a mindless automaton that cared more about form and image and maintaining a straight line than winning the war and marched into Battle against a far more flexible and ultimately superior American Army. Matthew Spring demonstrates that this is not so and that the British Army fought with revolutionary Zeal, and his work will establish itself as a seminal title in this field.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
John Skinner already possesses a strange talking voice that renders his use of inflexion suspect. This is compounded by the severe editing that occurs because he is incapable of reading complete sentences and his mistakes have to be spliced together resulting in awkward intonations mid sentence. The overall effect is of an American Stephen Hawkins. The proof of this hypothesis is starkly revealed in Chapter 9 as it is a completely unedited sequence. In it you hear Mr Skinner struggle repeatedly to read sequences, he stammers, he coughs, he mutters and asks for water when he should ask for forgiveness It is actually quite good comedy, but this is not a comedy piece. Clearly no one ever listened to this before it was released and may explain how such a poor reading was allowed to reach the market place.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from With Zeal and with Bayonets Only?
This audio book needs to be withdrawn
Any additional comments?
This title needs to be withdrawn because as a minimum it is in places unedited and contains Mr Skinner's unintentional hilarious run through. Regardless of this it is still terrible because of the consequential splicing required to create complete sentences and the computer like effect it engenders.This is not a professional piece. More water Mr Skinner?
7 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Teddy
- 03-25-20
DO NOT BUY THIS AS AN AUDIOBOOK
Or rather, buy this book in a print format because it is an astoundingly good piece of work, carefully researched and thoroughly explained.
The audiobook however is a travesty - no fault of the author whatsoever. The narrator is poor to start with, but that could be forgiven, were it not for the total breakdown of narration by chapter nine into incoherent coughing and repetition. The editor (if there was one) should be shot, and to release such an important piece of work in such an appalling state is nothing short of criminal.
Spare yourself!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Chris Berry
- 06-29-16
No editing
Chapter 9 sounds like a practice run. Hesitation, repetition, coughing. Really off putting. The story itself although factual is a bit long winded
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall

- Anonymous User
- 12-18-21
An old British Airborne boy
Fantastic illustration of soldiering on the American continent, incisive, filled with testimonies,
I feel the discomforts, the wretched food, the foraging patrols, the day to day immersion of hard soldiering.
My brothers.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Tim Bickerdike
- 06-20-21
Interesting Subject Lousey Delivery
Ok.. a story of the birth of a nation a small war that changed the future so why have a bloody awful reader/ He sounds so monotone, staccato and BORING.
Little thing too..such as Loo-tenant when referring to a British rank... Yes in American forces it's Loo-tenant. In the British army its Leff-tenant. Please have the decency to get it right.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Amazon Customer
- 01-26-21
a good study let down by a stilted presentation
Though on the whole an interesting study of the British Army at around Chapter 9 "The Bayonet Charge" the narrator continually looses his place and this makes the chapter that would be most interesting a stilted and difficult listen