Koresh
The True Story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco
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Narrated by:
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Sean Pratt
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Stephan Talty
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Bloomsbury presents Koresh by Stephan Talty, read by Sean Pratt.
In the Spring of 1993, federal agents raided the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. A 51-day standoff ensued. Known as the Waco Siege, it has become a founding myth of the extreme wing of American conservatism, invoked by militiamen, gun rights advocates, and the alt-right.
The leader of the evangelical sect, an extreme form of Seventh-Day Adventism, was David Koresh. Born Vernon Howell, he was a preacher, interpreter of the Bible, and obsessed with the coming of the Apocalypse. A charismatic but highly volatile man, he was a former victim of sexual abuse who himself became a sexual predator on a large scale, exploiting many of the women in his compound.
Koresh is Stephan Talty’s extraordinary, meticulous narration of the events that led up to the Waco Siege. Drawing on new sources, FBI negotiation tapes, and interviews with family and friends, this definitive biography explores how Koresh grew from a young man to a cult leader, and investigates why the siege has become an enduring symbol for radical opponents of the democratic state.
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- Cliff Easton
- 29-03-25
Detailed but with extreme left wing bias.
This is an interesting and very well read account of Koresh's life examining in detail his transformation into a cult leader. However it is spoiled by the obvious and relentless left wing bias. This gets far worse towards the end where essentially the author constantly forces the point that the authorities "did no wrong" and anyone who has the temerity to suggest differently is a "far-right conspiracy theorist". Tiresome.
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- Nogbad the bad
- 15-05-24
Very Interesting
Koresh was without a doubt a maniulating bully and a rapist.
But what the US goverment did to the sect was a crime against thier own and many British citizens I would call it state murder without any trial.
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- Shanie
- 16-11-24
Very good
Took me an hour in to notice vernon was david very interesting book well read by sean a con man for sure
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