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The Short Victorious War
- Honor Harrington, Book 3
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
The families who rule the People's Republic of Haven are in trouble. The treasury's empty, the Proles are restless, and civil war is imminent.
But the ruling class knows what they need to keep in power: a "short victorious war" to unite the people and fill the treasury once more. It's a card they've played often in the last half-century, always successfully, and all that stands in their way is the Star Kingdom of Manticore and its threadbare allies: enemies in the past who have always backed down.
Only this time the Peeps face something different. This time they're up against Captain Honor Harrington and a Royal Manticoran Navy that's prepared to give them a war that's far from short - or victorious.
A Note from Author David Weber
There's been some confusion—not to say, um, energetic debate, readers and fans being readers and fans—about the correct pronunciation of "Manticoran." The truth, alas, is that a stitch was dropped. An error occurred. A mistake was made… and it wasn't Audible's fault. It was mine. Before Audible recorded the very first Honor Harrington book, narrator Allyson Johnson and I not only corresponded by e-mail but actually spoke to one another by phone. She wanted to make absolutely certain she had the correct pronunciations for names, places, star nations, etc., and I tried to make certain all of her questions were answered. And so they were. Unfortunately, at some point in the process, I replied to one of her e-mails by telling her that "Man-ti-core-ahn" was pronounced "Man-tik-er-ahn." Exactly how this happened is more than I can say at this point, except to blushingly disclose that the original e-mail remains intact, confirming to all the world that it was, indeed, my fault. I can ascribe it only to a temporary mental hiccup on my part and crave your forgiveness. If, however, you must blame someone for the mix-up, that someone should be me and not Audible, who have done everything they could to get it right.
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- Azure Teal
- 03-08-17
spectacular
I loved this book. but it also made me cry. it really does have me thinking about the terrible price of war -I saw everyone involved as people and it felt so unnecessary.
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- Spen
- 30-04-19
Good solid fun
Like all of the other Honour Harrington books this very much does down the route of providing good enjoyable fodder.
It is certainly not high brow and does not seek to convey any greater message beyond a ripping yarn, a nice break from more serious/ grandiose fayre.
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- Sir Bazile
- 03-12-21
Absolutely PLYING Brilliant
I must first say I liked the premise of Honor Harrington, and have waited till I have all 14 books to binge on.
I am Glad I did. having just finished book 3, only pausing to write "READ THIS BOOK" I'm starting book 4 NOW... LOL 😆 🤣
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- Rannulf
- 20-06-22
Very slow to get started
This author can be brilliant. But he can also indulge in boring , near irrelevant details.
Simply too much , way too much time spent on the introduction.
I was going to get the others in the series, but now I doubt it.
This is a very disappointing addition to the series.
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- Mr A Baker
- 22-02-21
Liking the first entry will take you so far.
I'm done with Honor for now. Maybe I will pick it up again at some point but this doesn't have quite the weight I was hoping for, it all seems detached none of the characters beyond Honor and her treecat are memorable. Usually you will have a nemesis that's worth remembering or a rival or even a friend we are three books in! I couldn't name anyone else. Its more than 10 years since I followed Hornblower on his adventures and I can remember Matthews, Styles and especially Wolfe. Bush is more forgettable like the characters here but still better than Michelle Henke who yes I had to look this up is Harrington's executive officer. The guy she doesn't really fight the one who ditches the battleship is almost memorable he seems to have something going on (personality is a very strong word in the context of the pop ups we have here) but has very little time to do anything of note like develop.
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