David Wales
307 books
Single author
441
Robert Laurence Binyon - Winnowing Fan: Poems On The Great War
This little gem of a book contains twelve poems about World War I. There is more to it than its intrinsic value as verse. Edward Elgar (1857-1934) set three of the poems (The Fourth Of August, To Women, For The...
25 minutes
Comedy
493
W. S. Gilbert - Pirates Of Penzance; Or The Slave Of Duty (Version 2)
In this recording, one person reads the entire play, all parts, including the stage directions. Even without the support of Arthur Sullivan’s music and the interpretation of actors, the consummate silliness of...
1 hour 11 minutes
War & Military
462
Rudyard Kipling - Fleet In Being; Notes Of Two Trips With The Channel Squadron
[Kipling] became involved in the debate over the British response to the rise in German naval power known as the Tirpitz Plan to build a fleet to challenge the Royal Navy, publishing a series of articles in 1898 which...
2 hours 17 minutes
