We Die Alone, David Howarth
We Die Alone, David Howarth
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We Die Alone
A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance

Author: David Howarth

Narrator: Stuart Langton

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/29/2008

Synopsis

One of the most enthralling true adventure stories ever written, We Die Alone, set in Nazioccupied Norway in 1943, is an epic tale of survival against staggering odds. It begins with an ambushed commando raid that leaves all but one of the expatriate resistance fighters dead or captured. Though wounded, Jan Baalsrud, the sole survivor, takes off on a courageous, incredible trek into the wilds of the Lyngen Alps, while the Nazis pursue him relentlessly. He suffers frostbite, snowblindness, and a terrible fall in an avalanche. At last, delirious and near death, he chances on to a cabin, where the first in a series of remarkably brave and clever men and women come to his aid. These ordinary heroes will eventually get the crippled Baalsrud to safety and freedom, and the amazing story of how they do it will fill listeners with wonder at the capability of the human spirit.

About David Howarth

David Howarth is emeritus professor at Edinburgh University. He is the author of Lord Arundel and His Circle, Images of Rule, and The Invention of Spain, and editor of Art and Patronage in the Caroline Courts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by A.L. on September 20, 2012

I loved this book. It’s about Jan Baalsrud, a Norwegian. He begins WWII as a courier between Stockholm and Oslo, gets caught by the Swedes, imprisoned, and then manages to make his way to England and join a group of other Norwegians being trained to return to their country and fight the Nazis. That’......more

Goodreads review by Philip on May 30, 2023

QUICK UPDATE: When one thinks of WWII, one rarely thinks of Norway - or at least this "one" doesn't. However, this book highlights how control of the Norwegian coast and its ports was crucial to Germany's disruption of Allied supply convoys sailing from England to Murmansk - as so brutally portrayed......more

Goodreads review by Steve on October 16, 2019

OK, in this world, some people are tougher than others. This book is about one guy who offers an answer the next time someone asks well, exactly how tough was he? And, then, well, it only takes a couple of hundred pages to explain.... Having said that, I didn't love the book. It's a good book, and th......more

Goodreads review by Lynne on March 13, 2010

Amazing story, badly written. Howarth takes what should be a fascinating account of a man's survival and manages to make it almost unbearable to read because of the book's lack of organization and sloppy sentence structure. I admit that I was also only able to read it a bit at a time because Jan's s......more

Goodreads review by Kim on January 25, 2019

3.5 rounded up to 4. Went into this with great interest, and I did enjoy it and did care about Jan and his supporting cast of brave people who helped all along his way. But something about the writing style of this book sucked the inherent energy & drama out of what is an inherently exciting story.......more

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