I agree. Great narrator, and it makes all the difference in some books.
I listened to Samuel Eliot Morison’s book “Admiral of the Ocean Sea” about Christopher Columbus, and it was read by some guy with a British accent that sounded dry and sometimes sarcastic, and for some reason, it really added to the book.
By the way, did you like “The Coldest Winter”? I was going to listen to it, but someone I knew (who knew me too) told me I wouldn’t like it, and reading some of the reviews by everyday people, I decided not to get it. (The general theme was that it was less about the history of the actual campaign, and more about MacArthur and the political aspects, and not in a good way for MacArthur)
There are things about MacArthur that I respect, but he doesn’t rank the highest in my mind when it comes to military leaders, so it isn’t that I would be bothered seeing him dragged down and through the mud a little. I guess I thought it was more along the lines of Shelby Foote’s “Civil War: A Narrative”...
But if it is read by Edward Hermann, I would probably like it better. I like his style.
Yes, I liked it very much. I think the audiobook is abridged - or at least, the version in my library. As I remember it, it emphasized the fighting much more than the politics, although MacArthur certainly doesn’t come off very well.