Kings, Queens and Pawns

An American Woman at the Front

por

Leído por LibriVox Volunteers

English · 10h 26m · War & Military, Memoirs

4.4 (10 reseñas)

A personal account of the American author's visit to Europe in January 1915 while a war correspondent in Belgium for The Saturday Evening Post. She writes: "War is not two great armies meeting in a clash and frenzy of battle. It is much more than that. War is a boy carried on a stretcher, looking up at God's blue sky with bewildered eyes that are soon to close; war is a woman carrying a child that has been wounded by a shell; war is spirited horses tied in burning buildings and waiting for death; war is the flower of a race, torn, battered, hungry, bleeding, up to its knees in icy water; war is an old woman burning a candle before the Mater Dolorosa for the son she has given. For King and Country!" (Summary by MaryAnn and M.R.R.)

Capítulos

Select a chapter to play

For King and Country 4:26 Leído por Mary in Arkansas
Taking a Chance 27:01 Leído por Mary in Arkansas
'Somewhere in France' 15:59 Leído por MaryAnn
La Panne 12:41 Leído por MaryAnn
' 'Twas a Famous Victory ' 23:11 Leído por Marla Welker
A Talk with the King of the Belgians 23:42 Leído por Marla Welker
The Cause 15:14 Leído por Mary in Arkansas
The Story with an End 12:36 Leído por Denise Nordell
The Night Raid on Dunkirk 9:34 Leído por Denise Nordell
No Man's Land 22:44 Leído por MaryAnn
The Iron Division 22:19 Leído por Mary in Arkansas
At the House of the Barrier 13:46 Leído por Pamela Nagami
Night in the Trenches 22:59 Leído por James K. White
'Wipers' 29:30 Leído por MaryAnn
Lady Decie's Story 19:29 Leído por Gnomesb
Running the Blockade 21:32 Leído por BettyB
The Man of Ypres 23:16 Leído por Pamela Nagami
In the Line of the 'Mitrailleuse' 17:00 Leído por Pamela Nagami
French Guns in Action 22:06 Leído por James K. White
'I Nibble Them' 7:18 Leído por Geoff Blanchard
Dunkirk: From my Journal 5:22 Leído por Geoff Blanchard
Tea with the Air-Fighters 15:21 Leído por fzarate
The Women at the Front 12:21 Leído por Geoff Blanchard
The Little 'Sick and Sorry' House 15:16 Leído por Sarah Jennings
Flight 11:40 Leído por Sarah Jennings
Volunteers and Patriots 7:44 Leído por BettyB
A Luncheon at British Headquarters 18:57 Leído por BettyB
A Strange Party 11:19 Leído por BettyB
Sir John French 12:47 Leído por BettyB
Along the Great Bethune Road 15:45 Leído por BettyB
The Military Secret 12:37 Leído por BettyB
Queen Mary of England 27:00 Leído por Gnomesb
The Queen of The Belgians 20:12 Leído por BettyB
The Red Badge of Mercy 17:45 Leído por Kathleen Moore
In Terms of Life and Death 8:58 Leído por Kathleen Moore
The Losing Game 19:09 Leído por BettyB
How Americans Can Help 15:00 Leído por BettyB
An Army of Children 13:22 Leído por BettyB

Reseñas


(4.5 estrellas)

Very good story. Kept my interest all the way. Now onto another Rinehart book.

kam


(5 estrellas)

absolutely powerful in its content and inspiringly written.

A very good view of the war and an interesting read


(4 estrellas)