Caney Fork

Very good short story

Revisado: 07-14-24

Well written intriguing story with a solid feel for the time and place and the lives of five young men.
Great narrator.
Well produced.

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Good Story-Poor Narration

Revisado: 06-01-24

Disliked reader to the point of almost abandoning the book. Her reading was child-like and her efforts at portraying various speakers terribly disappointing.
I don't know how accurate the writer's descriptions of 17century life but some of it felt a bit hokie.

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Your Next Great Read

Revisado: 12-19-23

An excellent fictionalization of the story of Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney, Well-written and well-researched this work spoke with a true voice.
This book was read by an extremely talented narrator. I could listen to her read for days.

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The Best of the Best

Revisado: 08-19-23

I just finished listening to "Children of Ash and Elm" for the second time and I l still think it is one of the best histories of any group of people I have read.
Neil Price is an archeologist and brings that experience to bear while writing an extraordinarily inclusive and, in my mind, the definitive history of the Vikings available today. Every possible angle has been examined and researched. The writing is thoughtful, occasionally funny, and thoroughly well-told.
Add to this an amazing narrator, Samuel Roukin, and you've got an extraordinary package. Roukin never stumbles over even the most difficult names and places but renders them
perfectly in their native tongue. He reads like he's talking to a friend about something that greatly interests him. I will look for other works just to hear Roukin read.
Well worth the time for anyone interested in history even if Vikings are not your "thing. "

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Good story, good narrator.

Revisado: 07-28-23

This was a good listen and I will be looking for other books by Michael Stagg. The narrator was very good.

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Narrator was hard to listen to.

Revisado: 06-30-23

I listened for 30 minutes and gave up. I can't comment on the quality of the book, but the narration was not up to par.
I recommend "Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings" by Neil Price. Samuel Roukin, the narrator, is extraordinary with his extraordinary. The book is a quite up to date and looks at the history of the Vikings from every possible angle.

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Terrific Lectures, Engaging Lecturer, The best Great Course l've listened to

Revisado: 03-06-23

If you have any interest in archaeology, ancient history, Italy, or Greece, you're going to love this course. The lecturer is fantastic. The material is engaging and well organized and presented. The "trips" to dig sites create the feeling of being right there on the site in the dirt.

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A monumental story from WWII

Revisado: 02-22-23

Interesting story,well told, well presented. I would recommend to History buff, art historian, WWII historian.

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True story of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

Revisado: 01-05-23

The almost unbelievable true story of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, conquistador, slave, prisoner, medicine man and visionary.
The author has clearly done his research among the Spanish archives. While mostly well told l, my impression was that there were times the story was weighted down with too much details and in other instances the author skipped over large chunks of time with a few sentences. Regardless this tragic story is fascinating.
Jonathan Davis' narration was, as always, superb.

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Untold story of the first would-be conquerors of the Amazon

Revisado: 01-02-23

A riveting story of conquest and exploration, Buddy Levy's River of Darkness tells the little known story of the earliest explorers of the Amazon river. With evidence based on the journals and reports of the earliest explorers, Levy provides an excellent accounting of the world encountered by Gonzalo Pissarro and his lieutenant Francisco Orellana, who led hundreds of Spanish troops from Quito to the mouth of the Amazon inflicting murder and mayhem on vulnerable tribes, and the eventual ruin of most of the conquistadors.
Jonathan Davis' narration adds depth and drama to the story. I will look for other works narrated by Mr. Davis.

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