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Title: The Bridge at Andau: The Compelling True Story of a Brave, Embattled People
Author: James A. Michener
Narrator: Larry McKeever
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 20 minutes
Release date: August 4, 2015
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Military
Publisher's Summary:
The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian revolution gave its people a glimpse at a different kind of future—until, at four o’clock in the morning on a Sunday in November, the citizens of Budapest awoke to the shattering sound of Russian tanks ravaging their streets. The revolution was over. But freedom beckoned in the form of a small footbridge at Andau, on the Austrian border. By an accident of history it became, for a few harrowing weeks, one of the most important crossings in the world, as the soul of a nation fled across its unsteady planks. Praise for The Bridge at Andau “Precise, vivid . . . immeasurably stirring.”—The Atlantic Monthly “Dramatic, chilling, enraging.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Superb.”—Kirkus Reviews “Highly recommended reading.”—Library Journal
Title: The Bridge at Andau: The Compelling True Story of a Brave, Embattled People
Author: James A. Michener
Narrator: Larry McKeever
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 20 minutes
Release date: August 4, 2015
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Military
Publisher's Summary:
The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian revolution gave its people a glimpse at a different kind of future—until, at four o’clock in the morning on a Sunday in November, the citizens of Budapest awoke to the shattering sound of Russian tanks ravaging their streets. The revolution was over. But freedom beckoned in the form of a small footbridge at Andau, on the Austrian border. By an accident of history it became, for a few harrowing weeks, one of the most important crossings in the world, as the soul of a nation fled across its unsteady planks. Praise for The Bridge at Andau “Precise, vivid . . . immeasurably stirring.”—The Atlantic Monthly “Dramatic, chilling, enraging.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Superb.”—Kirkus Reviews “Highly recommended reading.”—Library Journal