![]() What made this audiobook for me was the narration by the great Peter Firth (more known for his lead role in BBC drama "Spooks"). The character development is excellent and the words of Sebastian Faulks paint an wonderful picture of pre war France and the struggles of the soldiers in the war itself, the description of the Battle of Somme is especially heart-rendering. Truely enjoyed this book, it's pretty epic, covering the great war and more. I drew my conclusions and I recommend that you listen to it & draw your own. The end of the story, when it came, was not unlike the end of the War itself.not so much a time to celebrate a job well done but to reflect on what it was really all about. ![]() Faulks' story line is really quite brilliant and Peter Firth's rendition of it is of the highest order. However, my anxieties were allayed - although my emotions were truly stirred - by the subsequent descriptions of life in (and under) the trenches as the Great War developed. This impression arose from the first part of the story which detailed in perhaps too graphic a manner, the principal character's exploits in France in 1911. Being of that generation to whom the First World War still arouses deep passions (my grandfather undured & survived the Somme & Ypres) I was a initially anxious that this book was not going to portray an accurate picture of that dreadful period in history. ![]()
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