The Army of Death: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Army of Death, credited to Charles Hamilton Sorley, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Army of Death by Charles Hamilton Sorley. Read in English by Carol Box; Claudia Salto; CaprishaPage; Drew Johnson; David Lawrence; Ernst Pattynama; fshort; Jason Mills; wracker; Jannie Meisberger; Julia Niedermaier; Joe Weinmunson; Lee Ann Howlett; Mike Vendetti; Phil Schempf; Peter Yearsley; Ruth Golding; ravenotation; Ravi Shankar; Sean Grabosky; Savannah; Winston Tharp Captain Sorley was among 16 Great War poets commemorated in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner. The inscription was written by Wilfred Owen. It reads: "My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity." This is regarded as one of Sorley's finest poems, and was discovered in his kit after his death. (Summary by Ruth Golding)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Army of Death
• Author credits: Charles Hamilton Sorley
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 31:02

Catalogue topics

• death
• World War I
• WWI
• war
• World War One
• war poet
• war poetry
• Great War

Track guide

1. 01 - The Army of Death - Read by CB — 1:22
2. 02 - The Army of Death - Read by CCS — 1:39
3. 03 - The Army of Death - Read by CMP — 1:33
4. 04 - The Army of Death - Read by DJ — 1:12
5. 05 - The Army of Death - Read by DL — 1:23
6. 06 - The Army of Death - Read by EEP — 1:36
7. 07 - The Army of Death - Read by FS — 1:28
8. 08 - The Army of Death - Read by JCM — 1:20
9. 09 - The Army of Death - Read by JH — 1:21
10. 10 - The Army of Death - Read by JM — 1:39
11. 11 - The Army of Death - Read by JN — 1:20
12. 12 - The Army of Death - Read by JW — 1:18
13. 13 - The Army of Death - Read by LAH — 1:24
14. 14 - The Army of Death - Read by MV — 1:21
15. 15 - The Army of Death - Read by PS — 1:10
16. 16 - The Army of Death - Read by PY — 1:32
17. 17 - The Army of Death - Read by RG — 1:30
18. 18 - The Army of Death - Read by RN — 1:22
19. 19 - The Army of Death - Read by RS — 1:29
20. 20 - The Army of Death - Read by SG — 1:23
21. 21 - The Army of Death - Read by SLA — 1:13
22. 22 - The Army of Death - Read by WT — 1:27

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