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Lädt ... The Secret Huntersvon Sir Ranulph Fiennes
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Unabridged audio with spoken narrator Christopher Kay. Notes on narrator: Mature English male, quiet authoritative voice. Surrey? Measured delivery. Similar style to traditional (e.g. 1950s) BBC announcer (slightly distracting; reminds of sports results). Adequate pronunciation of foreign names. This story is well-suited to audio narration because with so much speech and dialogue, a skilled spoken narrator can bring each role to life. Some listeners may prefer a female spoken narrator for long speeches by women characters. The interleaving of narratives was a little confusing late on in the grimly thrilling moments as the narrator is closing in on the men responsible for the murder of his relatives. It's understandable that the narrator reports his thoughts of the horrors that were recounted to him as a way to draw courage and humility in his own difficult and desperate times. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
In 1997 a journal is found in an all weather shelter in Antarctica. Travelling back to England the finder reads an extraordinary story of depravation, war, survival and the thirst for revenge. It is the autobiography of Derek Jacobs, who as a child was an inmate of the Nazi concentration camps where he saw his mother horrifically abused, particularly by one man. Unlike his mother, he survives the camps and the death march to be brought up in Canada. There, as a young man forging a career in the environment movement, he comes across the same man. The meeting unblocks the suppressed memories of his childhood and Derek savours the heady flavour of revenge. He is co-opted by 'The Secret Hunters' and with dogged patience they track their prey through a web of intermediaries, discovering that he and his cohorts believe they can re-establish the fascist state. On a secret mission to mine valuable minerals in the Antarctic Derek confronts him. The result is deadly - but for which man? Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Regardless of whether it is a factual memoir or merely a historical fiction work it is a very vivid and detailed look at what happened to the Jewish people during the Nazi regime in Germany. The work follows the life of Derek Jacobs from working as social worker in places such as Cambodia and Rwanda, meeting a strange yet familiar face, then learning from his aunt about a childhood in world war 2 Nazi Germany he can no longer remember.
Probably not for the light hearted as it contains genocide, murder, rape, torture - all the things prevalent in Rwanda & Nazi Germany. It is however a very detailed look at the darker side of humanity and I found the epilogue of particular interest in regards to the dissection of 'how could this happen?'
Would recommend for any one with an interest in memoirs, history, the holocaust, Germay/ww2, human nature; or someone looking for a particularly realistic historical thriller, as that is what it is at heart in whole. ( )