Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front


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(4.4 stars; 7 reviews)

A personal account of the American author's visit to Europe in January 1915 while a war correspondent in Belgium for The Saturday Evening Post. She writes: "War is not two great armies meeting in a clash and frenzy of battle. It is much more than that. War is a boy carried on a stretcher, looking up at God's blue sky with bewildered eyes that are soon to close; war is a woman carrying a child that has been wounded by a shell; war is spirited horses tied in burning buildings and waiting for death; war is the flower of a race, torn, battered, hungry, bleeding, up to its knees in icy water; war is an old woman burning a candle before the Mater Dolorosa for the son she has given. For King and Country!" (Summary by MaryAnn and M.R.R.) (10 hr 26 min)

Chapters

For King and Country 4:26 Read by Mary in Arkansas
Taking a Chance 27:01 Read by Mary in Arkansas
'Somewhere in France' 15:59 Read by MaryAnn
La Panne 12:41 Read by MaryAnn
' 'Twas a Famous Victory ' 23:11 Read by Marla Welker
A Talk with the King of the Belgians 23:42 Read by Marla Welker
The Cause 15:14 Read by Mary in Arkansas
The Story with an End 12:36 Read by Denise Nordell
The Night Raid on Dunkirk 9:34 Read by Denise Nordell
No Man's Land 22:44 Read by MaryAnn
The Iron Division 22:19 Read by Mary in Arkansas
At the House of the Barrier 13:46 Read by Pamela Nagami
Night in the Trenches 22:59 Read by James K. White
'Wipers' 29:30 Read by MaryAnn
Lady Decie's Story 19:29 Read by Gnomesb
Running the Blockade 21:32 Read by BettyB
The Man of Ypres 23:16 Read by Pamela Nagami
In the Line of the 'Mitrailleuse' 17:00 Read by Pamela Nagami
French Guns in Action 22:06 Read by James K. White
'I Nibble Them' 7:18 Read by Geoff Blanchard
Dunkirk: From my Journal 5:22 Read by Geoff Blanchard
Tea with the Air-Fighters 15:21 Read by fzarate
The Women at the Front 12:21 Read by Geoff Blanchard
The Little 'Sick and Sorry' House 15:16 Read by Sarah Jennings
Flight 11:40 Read by Sarah Jennings
Volunteers and Patriots 7:44 Read by BettyB
A Luncheon at British Headquarters 18:57 Read by BettyB
A Strange Party 11:19 Read by BettyB
Sir John French 12:47 Read by BettyB
Along the Great Bethune Road 15:45 Read by BettyB
The Military Secret 12:37 Read by BettyB
Queen Mary of England 27:00 Read by Gnomesb
The Queen of The Belgians 20:12 Read by BettyB
The Red Badge of Mercy 17:45 Read by Kathleen Moore
In Terms of Life and Death 8:58 Read by Kathleen Moore
The Losing Game 19:09 Read by BettyB
How Americans Can Help 15:00 Read by BettyB
An Army of Children 13:22 Read by BettyB

Reviews


(4.5 stars)

Very good story. Kept my interest all the way. Now onto another Rinehart book.

kam


(5 stars)

absolutely powerful in its content and inspiringly written.

A very good view of the war and an interesting read


(4 stars)