To the Last Man

A Novel of the First World War

De: Jeff Shaara

Narrado por: Philip Bosco

Duración: 6 h y 3 m

Resumen del Editor

Jeff Shaara has enthralled audiences with his New York Times best-selling novels set during the Civil War and the American Revolution. Now the acclaimed author turns to World War I, bringing to life the sweeping, emotional story of the war that devastated a generation and established America as a world power.

Spring 1916: the horror of a stalemate on Europe’s western front. France and Great Britain are on one side of the barbed wire, a fierce German army is on the other. Jeff Shaara opens the window onto the otherworldly tableau of trench warfare, as seen through the eyes of a typical British soldier who experiences the bizarre and the horrible - a "Tommy" whose innocent youth is cast into the hell of a terrifying war.

In the skies, meanwhile, technology has provided a devastating new tool, the airplane, and with it a different kind of hero emerges: the flying ace. Soaring high above the chaos on the ground, these solitary knights duel in the splendor and terror of the skies, their courage and steel tested with every flight.

As the conflict stretches into its third year, a neutral America is goaded into war, with its reluctant president, Woodrow Wilson, finally accepting the repeated challenges to his stance of nonalignment. Yet the Americans are woefully unprepared and ill equipped to enter a war that has become worldwide in scope. The responsibility is placed on the shoulders of General John "Blackjack" Pershing, and by mid-1917 the first wave of the American Expeditionary Force arrives in Europe. Encouraged by the bold spirit and strength of the untested Americans, the world waits to see if the tide of war can finally be turned.

From Blackjack Pershing to the Marine in the trenches, from the Red Baron to the American pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille, To the Last Man is written with the moving vividness and accuracy that characterizes all of Shaara's work. This spellbinding novel carries listeners - the way only Shaara can - to the heart of one of the greatest conflicts in human history and puts them face-to-face with the characters who made a lasting impact on the world.

©2004 Jeffrey M. Shaara (P)2004 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"[Shaara] again displays his gift for portraying the intensely human side of warriors....Shaara is at his best in describing scenes of battle....First-rate storytelling." (Booklist)

Shaara good as always

Mr. Shaara does is again! This was a great book. He does not cover all of the first world war, but does a good job of the Red Baron, Gen Pershing, and the common foot soldier,

You can almost place yourself in the trenches. It was also interesting to see the Politics the Pershing had to contend with.

A great book, I hope the unabridged version comes out soon on Audible.

Disappointing

I really enjpy the work, but the abridged version seemed, well, abridged. It lacked the flow and completness of his other books. Would wait for the full version or find another book.