The Great War: Breakthroughs

Harry Turtledove

Jun 2010 · Recorded Books · Narrated by George Guidall

About this audiobook

The Great War: Breakthroughs is the third installment of bestselling, Hugo Award–winning author Harry Turtledove’s remarkable alternate history tetralogy. A Main Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club®, this harrowing saga of the war to end all wars will amaze history buffs and fans of science fiction and fantasy.

The utter devastation of global war continues to spread, driven by new weapons and old hatreds. The United States is deadlocked—battling Canada and Great Britain in the north and the Confederate States in the south. In this world, military genius is tantamount to madness, as great historical figures like Theodore Roosevelt and Custer engage in fascinating new tactical scenarios.

History professor Turtledove’s highly imaginative novels are hailed by critics and readers alike as the defining works of their genre.

“Alternate history’s grand master displays his acute knowledge of American history as well as his keen imagination as he paints a vivid portrait of a past that could have been. A good choice for most libraries.”—Library Journal

About the author

Harry Turtledove was born in Los Angeles, California on June 14, 1949. He received a Ph.D. in Byzantine history from UCLA in 1977. From the late 1970's to the early 1980's, he worked as a technical writer for the Los Angeles County Office of Education. He left in 1991 to become full-time writer. His first two novels, Wereblood and Werenight, were published in 1979 under the pseudonym Eric G. Iverson because his editor did not think people would believe that Turtledove was his real name. He used this name until 1985 when he published Herbig-Haro and And So to Bed under his real name. He has received numerous awards including the Homer Award for Short Story for Designated Hitter in 1990, the John Esthen Cook Award for Southern Fiction for Guns of the Southand in 1993, and the Hugo Award for Novella for Down in the Bottomlands in 1994. George Guidall is one of the most prolific narrators of audiobooks in the world. He has recorded nearly 650 unabridged novels, everything from "Crime and Punishment" and "The Iliad" to "Snow Falling on Cedars." He began his career as an actor, appearing on Broadway and touring Europe with Helen Hayes in the "Glass Menagerie," " Miracle Worker" and "The Skin of Our Teeth." He received an Obie Award for Best Performance Off-Broadway, and has continued his performances in theater for over 40 years. Guidall has also appeared on television, with roles on the soap "One Life to Live" and "Law and Order," and in movies such as "Malcolm X" and "Tales from the Darkside." His first job reading audiobooks was for the Library of Congress' American Foundation for the Blinds' Talking Books. Since then he has won the most prestigious Audiobook Award, the Audie Award, for Best Unabridged Narration of a novel for his recording of John Irving's "A Widow for One Year." He won the Audie again in 2000 for Wally Lamb's "I Know This Much is True."