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Title: The Berlin Wall
Author: Frederick Taylor
Narrator: Daniel Philpott
Format: Unabridged
Length: 18 hrs and 57 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-11-11
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 94 votes
Genres: History, 20th Century
Publisher's Summary:
The appearance of a hastily constructed barbed wire entanglement through the heart of Berlin during the night of 12-13 August 1961 was both dramatic and unexpected. Within days, it had started to metamorphose into a structure that would come to symbolise the brutal insanity of the Cold War: the Berlin Wall. A city of almost four million was cut ruthlessly in two, unleashing a potentially catastrophic East-West crisis and plunging the entire world for the first time into the fear of imminent missile-borne apocalypse. This threat would vanish only when the very people the Wall had been built to imprison breached it on the historic night of 9 November 1989. The Berlin Wall is the definitive account of a divided city and its people.
Members Reviews:
Makes a dark chapter "enjoyable"
If you could sum up The Berlin Wall in three words, what would they be?
A big story
What did you like best about this story?
It covered all facets and not just personal or diplomatic but intertwined the stories to give a really complete future. So you learned about the effect of the Wall on people like many histories but also how it was planned and then executed At first I wasn't sure about the narrator, but as I went along his narration really helped the story along.
Bad transfer from CD
Great story. Bad transfer from CD as various sentences and phrases would repeat themselves. In one case the entire name and title of the book was repeated. (I presume that this was were the end of one CD meet the beginning of the next CD.)
Good book so so reading.
Book had several repeats in the performance. Loved the depth of the authors knowledge of east Berlin. Other than recording issue it was worth the time
Excellent, intelligent, well-written book
What about Daniel Philpotts performance did you like?
Unlike another reviewer, I wasn't bothered by Philpott's mimicking the speech of various politicians. It made the book clearer for listening purposes. The pronunciation was largely good and it always helps that the reader speaks with an English accent. American narrators a. Are often nasal and b. Mispronounce foreign words more
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No but it was amusing at times in a cynical way
Any additional comments?
Good book, well worth reading
Marred only by the Narrator's Affectations
If you could sum up The Berlin Wall in three words, what would they be?
History worth knowing
Who was your favorite character and why?
It's a work of non-fiction. The question is inappropriate.
Would you be willing to try another one of Daniel Philpotts performances?
No. His attempts to apply fake (and poorly executed) English, German and Russian accents to the quoted passages detracted mightily from the book. It's a piece of non-fiction, not a community theater stage play.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
It's a work of non-fiction. This question is inappropriate.
Any additional comments?
The author has done an excellent job of telling the story of the Berlin Wall, providing considerable background that I was unaware of, even though I was born in Berlin in 1954. I expected the book to start in 1960 or thereabouts, but to my surprise it started long before then. The historical context added greatly to the story.
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Title: The Berlin Wall
Author: Frederick Taylor
Narrator: Daniel Philpott
Format: Unabridged
Length: 18 hrs and 57 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-11-11
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 94 votes
Genres: History, 20th Century
Publisher's Summary:
The appearance of a hastily constructed barbed wire entanglement through the heart of Berlin during the night of 12-13 August 1961 was both dramatic and unexpected. Within days, it had started to metamorphose into a structure that would come to symbolise the brutal insanity of the Cold War: the Berlin Wall. A city of almost four million was cut ruthlessly in two, unleashing a potentially catastrophic East-West crisis and plunging the entire world for the first time into the fear of imminent missile-borne apocalypse. This threat would vanish only when the very people the Wall had been built to imprison breached it on the historic night of 9 November 1989. The Berlin Wall is the definitive account of a divided city and its people.
Members Reviews:
Makes a dark chapter "enjoyable"
If you could sum up The Berlin Wall in three words, what would they be?
A big story
What did you like best about this story?
It covered all facets and not just personal or diplomatic but intertwined the stories to give a really complete future. So you learned about the effect of the Wall on people like many histories but also how it was planned and then executed At first I wasn't sure about the narrator, but as I went along his narration really helped the story along.
Bad transfer from CD
Great story. Bad transfer from CD as various sentences and phrases would repeat themselves. In one case the entire name and title of the book was repeated. (I presume that this was were the end of one CD meet the beginning of the next CD.)
Good book so so reading.
Book had several repeats in the performance. Loved the depth of the authors knowledge of east Berlin. Other than recording issue it was worth the time
Excellent, intelligent, well-written book
What about Daniel Philpotts performance did you like?
Unlike another reviewer, I wasn't bothered by Philpott's mimicking the speech of various politicians. It made the book clearer for listening purposes. The pronunciation was largely good and it always helps that the reader speaks with an English accent. American narrators a. Are often nasal and b. Mispronounce foreign words more
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No but it was amusing at times in a cynical way
Any additional comments?
Good book, well worth reading
Marred only by the Narrator's Affectations
If you could sum up The Berlin Wall in three words, what would they be?
History worth knowing
Who was your favorite character and why?
It's a work of non-fiction. The question is inappropriate.
Would you be willing to try another one of Daniel Philpotts performances?
No. His attempts to apply fake (and poorly executed) English, German and Russian accents to the quoted passages detracted mightily from the book. It's a piece of non-fiction, not a community theater stage play.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
It's a work of non-fiction. This question is inappropriate.
Any additional comments?
The author has done an excellent job of telling the story of the Berlin Wall, providing considerable background that I was unaware of, even though I was born in Berlin in 1954. I expected the book to start in 1960 or thereabouts, but to my surprise it started long before then. The historical context added greatly to the story.