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Cargando... While Bugles Blow! (Stories from the Golden Age)por L. Ron Hubbard
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. What intrigue can the hottest dame in the desert cause? This story is a great one for the strategy used by a French Foreign Legion Lieutenant to conquer against great odds armed forces and the self protected heart of a devilishly sly, clever and gorgeous woman. ( ) Of the many delights found in the Stories from the Golden Age by L. Ron Hubbard are the exciting pulp tales he wrote featuring the French Foreign Legion. Although many of us fans are familiar with Hubbard's classic science fiction tales, not to mention his outstanding westerns, the French Foreign Legion tales are quickly becoming among the more popular titles. While Bugles Blow dates from 1936 and offers a riveting tale of intrigue and action. When the Legion officer known only as the Lieutenant saves a beautiful young woman from slavery he sets in motion a series of events that might spell their doom. Besieged on all sides, spurned by the beautiful woman he saved, the Lieutenant faces some difficult choices as the battle rages. But it soon becomes apparent that the Lieutenant is a man at his best when under duress, and he has more than few clever ideas that might stop the battle and save their lives. While Bugles Blow is a fine piece of creative writing, action-packed and populated by lively characters. Highly recommended for readers of all ages who enjoy classic adventure tales! Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. Hubbard's work from the Golden Age of pulp fiction rarely fails to deliver. Typical of the genre, his stories are big on drama if small on depth. Before TV and when radio drama was still finding its way, this was entertainment for the great unwashed. And that's not a bad thing. It's fun, easy to digest entertainment."While Bugles Blow!" fits right in there, with a "Taming of the Shrew" type story wrapped in a French Foreign Legion adventure. A fiery female, a brave, devil-may-care hero, and a cast of back-stabbing bad guys all working for and/or against each other. Fun entertainment, nothing more. The audio recording is exceptional, with a full cast and sound effects enhancing the complete text of the original story (although I'd hazard to guess that a few "he saids" and "she saids" were left out). It's more than a audio book, but not quite a full dramatization. Top notch. Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. I really liked the audio version of this book. Different people voiced the characters, which made it seem more like an old time radio program than an audiobook. The story itself was so-so. There wasn't much of a backstory and I was sometimes confused as to which tribe was being referred to (there are two competing tribes). My favorite character was the lieutenant, probably because his character was the most highly developed. Overall, I'd give the audio version four stars and the story itself, two stars. Based on the story alone, I don't think I'd pick up another of Hubbard's books. However, the quality of the audio production would convince me to give him another try! sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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He's a handsome American Lieutenant in the French Foreign Legion. She's a beautiful woman who's as fiery as the North African sun . . . and as mysterious as the far side of the moon. And she's all his--bought and paid for in the village square. Put them together--Cary Grant and Hedy Lamarr--and you're sure to get fireworks. The only reason the Lieutenant bought her was to free her from the slave trade. But now that he's got her, he's got trouble. Two violent native tribes are determined to get their hands on the woman . . . even if it means unleashing an all-out war. The warriors lay siege to the outpost--3000 of them versus 60 Legionnaires within. Can the Lieutenant hold the fort against the onslaught? And how long can he fend off the powerful feelings he has for the woman in his care? And, finally, does he have any idea of the secret in her past that could change everything? On the subject of North Africa, Hubbard said that writers too often "forget a great deal of the languorous quality which made the Arabian Nights so pleasing. Jewels, beautiful women, towering cities filled with mysterious shadows, sultans equally handy with robes of honor and the beheading sword." Hubbard brings this unique insight to his stories of North Africa and the Legionnaires, investing them with an authenticity of time, place and character that will keep you asking for more. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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