Covenant with Death
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Covenant with Death
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Narrated by:
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Mike Rogers
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By:
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John Harris
About this listen
They joined for their country. They fought for each other.
When war breaks out in 1914, Mark Fenner and his Sheffield friends immediately flock to Kitchener's call. Amid waving flags and boozy celebration, the three men - Fen; his best friend, Locky; and self-assured Frank, rival for the woman Fen loves - enlist as volunteers to take on the Germans and win glory.
Through ramshackle training in sodden England and a stint in arid Egypt, rebellious but brave Fen proves himself to be a natural leader, only undermined by ongoing friction with Frank. Headed by terse, tough Sergeant Major Bold, this group of young men form steel-strong bonds, and yearn to face the great adventure of the Western Front.
Then, on one summer's day in 1916, Fen and his band of brothers are sent to the Somme, and this very ordinary hero discovers what it means to fight for your life.
Stirringly told from the down-to-earth view of everyday soldiers, Covenant with Death is acclaimed as one of the greatest novels about war ever written.
©1961 John Harris (P)2014 Hachette AudioWhat listeners say about Covenant with Death
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- Anonymous User
- 16-08-2022
Confronting and beautiful
Absolutely loved this book. Brings you in to the barracks and trenches for the humour and the horror. Strikingly confronting and beautiful at the same time.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-11-2016
Brilliant
Well written, so very poignant
Well read
Highly recommend
Will definitely listen to it again
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- Anonymous User
- 13-03-2024
It’s all about people
John Harris takes the reader right into the heart and soul of an Englishman and his pals as they take up the call to fight the Kaiser in WW1. There are lots of books about wars and battles but this one is about the people. That’s what’s won and lost here. The narration, the pace and the accents all perfectly brought this story alive. I feel like this story and this audiobook is going to sit with me for a long while.
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