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The Napoleonic Wars
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 35 hrs and 10 mins
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The Napoleonic Wars saw fighting on an unprecedented scale in Europe and the Americas. It took the wealth of the British Empire, combined with the might of the continental armies, almost two decades to bring down one of the world's greatest military leaders and the empire that he had created. Napoleon's ultimate defeat was to determine the history of Europe for almost 100 years. From the frozen wastelands of Russia, through the brutal fighting in the Peninsula to the blood-soaked battlefield of Waterloo, this book tells the story of the dramatic rise and fall of the Napoleonic Empire.
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- paul
- 21-03-24
A Fascinating History of the Early 19th Century
If you like 19th century history this book should be on your list. It is both well written and expertly delivered by the narrator. The material has been meticulously researched, but doesn’t have too many stats and figures to leave you bogged down and fatigued.
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- Andy S
- 19-02-24
Great book
Recommended for anyone looking for a concise history of the napoleonic wars. Well read and written
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- Calum Greenfield
- 12-11-23
Great!
Very thorough history of the napoleonic wars. Moves through each nation in its subject matter moving from the early to late period as relevant. Narrator’s voice was excellent. Though I have to admit that his intonation was odd at some points, suggesting sarcasm, irony or ridicule in ordinary sentences
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- host888
- 14-03-24
Great story but hard to Listen to
I got this when I suddenly took an interest in the Napoleonic wars and its impact on the world, overall it was great with an amazing story but honestly how can 1 person emphasise something so much that does just not need to emphasised. The narrator seems so surprised when he reads ever line which is good some of the time but not all the time. Any way It was amazing and really informative.
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- Radu Andrei Tentea
- 31-07-22
Great, but not quite.
At least for the casual listener, i got lost so many times in all the exact dates in mm/dd/yyyy, all one after the other, the insistence of having all the sometimes 4-5 word names read one after the other. If i were to have read the book, i would probably only have glaced at this information, but being read to me i could not avoid. i found myself getting lost bc of that.
Otherwise, the content was fantastic. Loved the global approach to the book, though at times i feel like it lacked a clear structure. Felt i was being led back and forth through time and place.
The reader also employed a somewhat difficult to follow speech bc of the insistence of using all sort of accents and verbal flourishings.
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- JCM
- 06-08-23
Excellent book, terrible narration
This is precisely the history of the Napoleonic Wars I've been looking for - giving the diplomatic and political context for the events and battles, and a truly global perspective on the what's, whys, and so whats. I'll be picking up a hard copy to go back and revisit key areas, as well as check the maps and index.
Sadly, the narration rendered this almost unlistenable. The guy has a good voice, but his intonation is totally off - emphasis in all the wrong places, every third sentence pronounced as if what's being revealed is somehow surprising (whether it is or not), and often using a sing-song tone that'd be more appropriate for a children's comedy. I had to whack the speed right up to try and offset it - but this is precisely the kind of thing where I'd have preferred an AI voice to a human one, sorry to say.
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- Stephen Bentley
- 24-08-22
Interminable with dire narration
What is it about scholars and the Napoleonic Wars? Why/How do they make a potentially fascinating and thrilling story monumentally boring? I kept falling asleep and waking up to find yet another disquisition on the possibility of invading Turkey, or the Walcheren Expedition which was one of the British Army's major bog ups, I know there is more to hear about - but I just don't have the patience. The reader, overwhelmed by the sheer size of the project I suspect, doesn't inject enough interest into the reading which doesn't help. Not enough/any change in pace or emphasis. I'd say go to the book and read rather than listen?
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- Dylan Baynham
- 21-01-22
Not bad
Don’t get this book if you want a purely military history. It’s more economic and social. Nice to fill in the blanks around the more global aspect of the conflicts but wanted to hear about austerlitz etc and not the Iranian empire and the Spanish empire in the americas or two hour Ottoman Empire chapters
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