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The Dark Forest
Sir Hugh Walpole
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CHAPTER III THE INVISIBLE BATTLEOn the evening of the following day Trenchard, Andrey Vassilievitch and I were sent with sanitars and wagons to the little hamlet of M——, five versts only from the Position. It was night when we arrived there; no sound of cannon, only on the high hills (the first lines of the Carpathians) that faced us the scattered watchfires of our own Sixty-Fifth Division, and in the little village street a line of cavalry moving silently, without a spoken word, on to the high-road beyond. After much difficulty (the village was filled with the officers of the Sixty-Fifth) we found a kitchen in which we might sleep. Upon the rough earth floor our mattresses were spread, my feet under the huge bl. . . Read More
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It was a bit bland at some times but the overall story was beautiful. I have a weakness for books about war, especially war in Russia. I couldn't put it down for days.
When reading about books on Goodreads, I’m usually more intrigued by those books not getting wide readership. Those books with few reviews, limited number of marks showing have read, and absent from the “To Read” bookshelves of the masses. Often popular upon publishing, they are forgotten now. So, w
One of Walpole's most autobiographical novels, this is the story of an Englishman treating the wounded on the Russian/Austrian front during WWI. The writing is lovely, but the characters fail to come to life.
No, this is not the not the second part of the brilliant "Three Body" scifi series by Liu Cixin; this is the 1916 wartime drama by Hugh Walpole based on his own experiences in the Red Cross during World War I. It revolves around the complex relationships among a company of Red Cross medics, both Rus
this goes on a bit, but I stuck with it, and I'm glad I did for the last section, the diary of one of the main characters. That's excellent.
If anyone needs persuading that war is awful, this book will help.
A very introspective look at a volunteer medical unit on the Russian front in WWI. Much is made of a love triangle that is never really resolved throughout the book, unless you consider becoming a casualty of war a resolution.