Mr Standfast

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of Mr Standfast.

In this thrilling adventure, Richard Hannay the star of The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle, returns to continue his personal battle against the enemies of Great Britain during the Great War.

The war on the continent is raging. The German hordes are pushing the allies back into their trenches, the line is barely holding, and it's at this moment that Richard find himself pulled out of the lines for special duty.

Going against everything Hannay believes in, he finds himself working undercover infiltrating a pacifist organisation. This group is not all it seems to be, as behind the pacifist masks there are German spies and saboteurs.
Runtime: 11 hours 56 mins

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The Land that Time Forgot

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic tale of exploration and adventure in a hidden land of cavemen and dinosaurs. On a ship that's torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1916 our hero, Bowen, soon finds himself locked in hand-to-hand combat with the German crew. Then follows an armed standoff with the prisoners and a hidden saboteur that sends the submarine far off course until it becomes entirely lost.

Only when the food and water have run out does a strange land come into sight. A land filled with dinosaurs!

Running Time: 3hours 34 mins
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The Story of the 6th Battalion the Durham Light Infantry

FNH Audio presents this unabridged reading of the heroic story of a territorial battalion mobilised and sent overseas into the bloodiest conflict the world has ever known. They fought with distinction at the Somme and Arras through some of the most terrible and wasteful of battles. In one three month period this battalion alone lost 1,200 men and sixty officers. That it survived until the end of the war was nothing short of a miracle.

This history was written by the battalions Adjutant in 1919. A winner of the Military Cross for his actions in the combat, he relates in this work the fighting spirit of the battalion with a truthfulness that only comes with having been there.

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Running Time: 2 hours 7 minutes

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A Visit to Three Fronts

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of Arthur Conan Doyle's non-fiction book, "A Visit to Three Fronts".

Written in 1916 during the peak of the first world war this book follows Mr Doyle as he visits first the British, Italian and finally the French sectors of the front. He meets with everyone from the highest national generals to the lowliest of front line troopers.

Although a work that can be classified as mid-war propaganda, it does offer some very interesting insights into the British mindset at this time of the war. The text reveals that the Italians were at this point of the war on the back foot and under pressure from the British public to perform better. It's also fascinating to realise that the British "stiff upper lip" was alive and well as shown when the author feels that he shouldn't show any emotion in front of foreigners. It also includes an interesting anecdote where a French general seems to think Sherlock Holmes is a real person.

Running Time: 1 hour 27 minutes

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Herbert West: Reanimator

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of H.P. Lovecraft's classic Herbert West: Reanimator.

Herbert West is a genius, and he's secretly working on a life restoring formular. It's his dream to restore life to the dead, but this means years of research and a desperate need for fresh corpses.

Bodies are missing from Arkham cemetery. The crazed animal-like cannibal in Arkham Asylum knows his name. West swears he knows nothing about the missing child. Yet, West does need fresh bodies for his reanimation experiments.

Running Time: 1h 22m

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Green Balls, The Adventures of a Night Bomber

Paul Bewsher was one of the founder members of an experimental unit of Night Bombers during world war one ( WWI ). Never before had an attempt been made to create a unit of specialist bombing aircraft that would operate at night over enemy territory. It was a new experience and new techniques had to be developed to carry out the missions.

In this memoir you hear of Paul's experiences crossing the lines, dodging the search lights and escaping the anti aircraft fire. He shows that the experience of the night bomber is a demanding terror filled escapade mixed with some night time scenes of astounding beauty.

Running Time :  6 hours 2 minutes

The Secret Service Submarine

When the war with the Kaiser's best started, John Carey found himself rejected by the forces while his own brother had joined the Navy and become a hero. Due to his infirmities he found himself relegated to the role of School Teacher in a second rate establishment in the back of beyond.

Yet, in the quiet little village not everything is what it seems. Perhaps a chance for valour is just around the corner and foes could be on the knocking on your door.

The Secret Service Submarine is a ripping yarn of adventure and combat set during the first world war, where the chance for glory is just around the next corner.

Running Time: 4 hours 13 minutes

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151st Field Artillery Brigade

The 151st Field Artillery brigade trained hard for a year and a half before being dispatched to the front line in 1918.  They arrived in time to take part in the final month of the war.

In this World War One history, written by an officer of the brigade while on his way back to the United States, you'll hear about their organisation and adventures. You'll learn about their daring advance in front of the lines, how they learnt of the armistice and even follow the author as he walks no man's land on the first day of the peace.

Running Time: 56 minutes

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The Crisis of the Naval War

1917 was a terrible time for the British Navy and Mercantile marine. The German adoption of unrestricted submarine warfare was sinking British and Empire shipping at an unsustainable rate, hundreds of thousands of tons were being sunk each month.

It was necessary for the war-fighting techniques and the organisation at the Admiralty to change to meet this new threat. In this book Viscount Jellicoe relates details of his time in charge of the worlds largest Naval force and its attempts to battle the submarine menace.

This is an unabridged reading.

Running Time : 7 hours 57 minutes

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In the Claws of the German Eagle

Albert Williams was the special war correspondent of "The Outlook" in France and Belgium during the first world war. In these early days of the conflict, Albert was riding up and down the lines and even crossed over to the German side.

Unfortunately he found himself  on the wrong side of a German bayonet and quickly marched into captivity as a possible spy. With an aggressive German officer trumping up charges, the situation was grim. This book relates Albert's experiences at the front and in the claws of the German eagle.

Running Time: 4h 22m

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The Battle of the Falkland Islands

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of this WWI Naval history by an author who actually took part in the battle(s) described. 

From the introduction: "This plain, unvarnished account, so far as is known, is the first attempt that has been made to link with the description of the Falkland Islands battle, fought on December 8^th 1914, the events leading up to that engagement. Each phase presented has been read and approved by officers who participated."

Running Time: 5h 8m

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The Case of Edith Cavell

The murder of Edith Cavell is second only to the sinking of the Lusitania for events that outraged and encouraged America to become involved in the first world war.

Edith a nurse, volunteered to run a hospital in Belgium behind the German front line. There she ran the medical facilities and offered care and treatment to all that came, including wounded German soldiers.

In 1915 the German military authorities arrested Miss Cavell in the middle of the night and she simply disappeared.

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of this book focusing upon the events surrounding her death.

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Four Weeks in the Trenches

FNH Audio presents a brief record of the fighting on the Eastern front in the great war, written by an Austrian Officer in that great and terrible conflict.

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The Story of the 9th Kings in France

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of "The Story of the 9th Kings in France.

The 9th Kings was a territorial infantry battalion when the Great War (World War I) began. On the 4th of August 1914, a telegram containing one word arrived at their headquarters: "Mobilise!" This book follows the unit from mobilisation in 1914 through to the demobilisation in 1918 after the armistice. Along the way, they take part in all of the big battles, Somme, Arras, Ypres along with a near continuous series of skirmishes and patrols while in the front line.

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On the Kings Service: Chaplain to the Forces, 1914-1916

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of On the Kings Service.

Rev. Innes found himself at a recruiting barracks when the first world war broke out. In this narrative ,he reports on how vast numbers of volunteers sweapt into the barracks, which found itself desperately short of material to clothe and equip so many men.

His duties soon move him over to France, where, in between his religious duties, he finds himself helping in the hospital with the vast number of wounded that came back from the lines. We then follow him towards the front, where his medical and religious duties combine to allow him to give comfort to the men and a mere medical hand could not procure.

The book is made up of anecdotal memories and occasional reports from the front that combine to give the listener a small insight into how a religious man lives and operates behind the front lines.

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How I Filmed the War

FNH Audio present this full and unabridged reading of "How I Filmed the War". During the first World War the British war office commissioned Geoffrey Malins to film the goings-on at the front. He became famous for his film of the attacks that took place during the battle of the Somme, the film being released to great acclaim.

This books tells of his exploits before, during and after the battle of the Somme. You'll hear of his extreme bravery under fire, how he crawled through the mud with the front line troops, how he stood under sniper fire and even how he flew in a aeroplane above the front line, all to get film.

The story revealed is a personal one, one mans journey under fire and amongst the men he considered heros. There are amusing anecdotes, touching moments of melancholy and death defying moments of tension.

Duration 6 hours 30 minutes

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