Tales of War by Lord Dunsany ~ Full Audiobook [history]

Tales of War by Lord Dunsany audiobook.

Genre: history

In Tales of War, Lord Dunsany turns his lyrical imagination toward the mud, wire, and sudden terror of the First World War, shaping a sequence of short sketches that feel like dispatches, parables, and haunted memories all at once. From the men of the small village of Daleswood, who carry thoughts of home into the trenches, to solitary sentries listening to the dark beyond the parapet, these pieces follow soldiers as they endure boredom, fear, and bursts of violence, then try to make sense of what remains. Dunsany moves through ruined roads and fields in Picardy, the strange etiquette of No Man's Land, and the brittle humor that surfaces when survival depends on it. Alongside moments of stark realism are flashes of the uncanny and satiric: sudden shifts in perspective, dreams that feel truer than waking, and bitter commentary on the forces that send ordinary people to suffer. Woven throughout is a longing for England and for spring returning to a wounded landscape, even as the war threatens to erase everything familiar.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:12:33) Chapter 02

(00:17:35) Chapter 03

(00:22:38) Chapter 04

(00:27:48) Chapter 05

(00:32:26) Chapter 06

(00:38:22) Chapter 07

(00:41:17) Chapter 08

(00:49:01) Chapter 09

(00:54:23) Chapter 10

(00:58:11) Chapter 11

(01:01:10) Chapter 12

(01:04:44) Chapter 13

(01:08:23) Chapter 14

(01:13:09) Chapter 15

(01:16:02) Chapter 16

(01:19:12) Chapter 17

(01:27:11) Chapter 18

(01:32:46) Chapter 19

(01:40:09) Chapter 20

(01:44:05) Chapter 21

(01:48:38) Chapter 22

(01:53:25) Chapter 23

(01:55:41) Chapter 24

(02:00:37) Chapter 25

(02:05:18) Chapter 26

(02:10:55) Chapter 27

(02:17:21) Chapter 28

(02:24:31) Chapter 29

(02:29:01) Chapter 30

(02:33:30) Chapter 31

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