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Brilliant biography

Revisado: 02-21-25

This is a highly detailed biography of Schubert. The scholarship is masterful. The narrator has a pleasant little voice but her attempts at German and any other accent is so painful I lose the continuity as I struggle to figure out who is Shoebut? Or Shuput? Or Sayeri? This is a common problem with numerous otherwise successful audiobooks here on audible. Although some books have been rendered absolutely unlistenable because of this issue, like The Romanovs by Montefiore. I wish the narrator would just pronounce foreign names and words clearly without attempting to pretend they know these languages. Shoebut! I pity the authors who have their work butchered because of this failing.

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Why is this for children?

Revisado: 10-14-24

This is an excellent history of a subject that deserves more attention, at least from me. This is in no way dumbed down or simplified history, in spite of the piping high pitched announcement at the beginning.

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The crown jewel of my audible library

Revisado: 09-27-24

This sweeping history of Europe is told with wit and and at times, cinematic style. The gorgeous narration is masterful. I listen to this book repeatedly in its entirety because of its rich detail.

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Unbearable narrator

Revisado: 08-12-24

I am deeply interested in Benjamin’s thought but I find this narrator’s irritating voice and apparent incomprehension of the material impossible to endure. Unfortunately he has narrated a number of books I would otherwise enjoy.

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Incomprehensible narrator

Revisado: 06-17-24

Love this author and Russian history. But the narrator was reprehensible - impossible to understand. He sped through the text as if he had a mouthful of oatmeal. Does he hate this material? Had to return it unfortunately. Very disappointing.

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Superb prof

Revisado: 01-22-24

Helpful and entertaining addition to Dan Stevens’s magnificent performance of the Iliad and Odyssey, Fitzgerald translation.

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Magnificent reading of Immortal Work

Revisado: 01-20-24

I was not prepared for the utterly engrossing brilliance of this ancient work. The narrator’s beautiful, mellifluous reading captivated me with his dramatization. I was hypnotized, captivated, and at the end I wept from awe and the thrill of the experience.

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Well paced, interesting and ironic

Revisado: 12-20-23

This was a valuable book. I listened to the audiobook, then purchased the physical book and read it while I listened to it again. The narrator had a pleasant delivery, unlike some other audiobooks I have found to be unlistenable. I purchased this before the horror of the October 7 pogrom, but read/listened to it afterwards. The war is still raging and I am 100% behind Israel and the IDF. Born into a secular family of several generations of atheists and rabbis, until this war I had not explored or even thought of my ethnicity. I began exploring the history of Israel and the Middle East as a consequence. This book fit my current explorations perfectly. I’ve always enjoyed Norman Lebrecht’s writing and have several of his snarky, funny books on classical music. This book is an entirely different subject, but just as interesting, if not more so, than his other books.

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