More Deadly Than War ...

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Bruce Edwards

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Description

Audiobook narration of the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, showcases Bruce's versatility to add gravitas to a historical event that claimed more lives than were lost in combat during World War I.

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Middle Aged (35-54)

Accents

North American (General) North American (US General American - GenAM) North American (US Mid-Atlantic)

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
Within weeks of the war's outbreak, the stunning human cost of modern warfare became a hideous reality. In a single day, August 22nd the French lost 27,000 men. Historian Russell Friedman records, most of them shot dead by machine guns and long range rifles, are blown to bits by shrapnel and high explosives. In those first weeks, the Kaiser's optimism seemed justified. Germany's disciplined and well equipped troops struck quickly, roaring through neutral Belgium, expecting to deliver a swift knockout. Although they met with unexpected resistance from a small Belgian army, the Germans captured the Belgian capital of Brussels on August 20th 1914. The first recorded atrocity soon followed as thousands of Belgian civilians were shot under the pretext of having been snipers. Late August, the Germans burned the centuries old university town of Leuven to the ground, destroying priceless medieval manuscript along with private homes