Reviews for The Years of Endurance, 1793-1802

The average rating for The Years of Endurance, 1793-1802 based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-05-18 00:00:00 Fausto Gonzalez Bryant’s book dates well and brings to life England’s great historical characters at the close of the 18th Century. It is a rattling good yarn, but the reader must be cautious. The book was written and published in 1942 for a British audience in the grip of a grim war. It was published before El Alamein - and as Churchill was to point out, before Alamein we [Britain] never had a victory. After Alamein, we never had a defeat. The Years of Endurance wrings out every possible parallel between England’s lone stands against Revolutionary France in the 18th Century and Nazi Germany in the 20th. Many of these are valid but many are tenuous at best. This book is intended as propaganda and makes a good fist of achieving the intent. It is a wonderful narrative, but not necessarily objective history.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-07-01 00:00:00 Donald Sarian The first of a triology of the Napoleon/French revolution period and the conflict with England. He takes a completely British view of the events, but knowing this puts this excellent book into perspective. The book flows nicely and is a very good read.