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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Horizon (1993)di Douglas Reeman
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 Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro.  Lynxear | Mar 16, 2020 |   losloper | Apr 3, 2012 | The third book in the Blackwood - Royal Marines saga, takes Jonathan Blackwood into WW1 (1914-1918). It's really two novellas in one book. The first, the Gallipoli campaign offers a horrifying initiation into war and the second half concerns the Naval Division in Flanders and trench warfare. Fairly standard war story which I enjoyed reading. The interesting part was referring to the top edge of the trenches as the horizon. Which sets up all the romantic illusions of adventure and travel as in , "..What's over the next horizon.." Only in this case it's not adventure or riches, only death and mayhem. (  )1  usnmm2 | Aug 21, 2010 | nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Appartiene alle SerieBlackwood Family (3)
1914-1918 ... This is the third book in the Blackwood saga. For three generations, members of the Blackwood family served the Royal Marines with distinction. With the outbreak of World War I, at last comes Jonathan Blackwood's turn to carry the family name into battle. But as the young marines embark for the Dardanelles, and a new kind of warfare, it dawns on them that the days of scarlet coats and an unchanging tradition of honour and glory have gone forever. First in Gallipoli, and two years later at Flanders, comes their horrifying initiation into a wholesale slaughter for which no training could ever have prepared them. Caught up in the savagery of a conflict beyond any officer's control, Blackwood's future rests on the 'horizon' - the dark lip of the trench which was the last fateful sight for so many. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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 Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni...GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia: (3.4)
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There were 2 good war scenes... one was Galipoli and the other was near Paschendale. as far as describing the conditions on the ground and horror of war they were fine but other than descriptions of WWI then there seemed little purpose to the story. There is a little romance in the story too but again how it ends out or what happens to the lovers is glossed over.
In Gallipoli you did not understand the total cluster F and waste of lives that battle was. Same with Paschendale the name was used but the battle could have happened anywhere.
Good sequences but all those names and lack of a real story line made this a struggle to read. (