A Soldier's Diary


Read by David Wales

(4.8 stars; 13 reviews)

This 1923 memoir of a World War I soldier (Royal Engineer and hand-to-hand combatant) is a well written much respected first-hand account of the brutal fighting in the last year of the war. - Summary by David Wales (3 hr 4 min)

Chapters

Preface and Kipling Verse 4:13 Read by David Wales
Part 1 1918 April 23 - June 11 25:33 Read by David Wales
Part 2 1918 June 12 - July 14 28:13 Read by David Wales
Part 3 1918 July 15 - August 12 27:43 Read by David Wales
Part 4 1918 August 13 - September 15 27:55 Read by David Wales
Part 5 1918 September 16 - October 13 31:03 Read by David Wales
Part 6 1918 October 14 - November 11; Afterword 40:10 Read by David Wales

Reviews


(5 stars)

brilliant narration The final paragraph tells all of man's ignorance, and the authors sad,predictable vision of it happening all over again