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The Age of the Vikings
- De: Anders Winroth
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 10 h y 45 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 235
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 214
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 211
The Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by medieval and modern myth. It is true that they pillaged, looted, and enslaved. But they also settled peacefully and developed a vast trading network. They traveled far from their homelands in swift and sturdy ships, not only to raid, but also to explore. Despite their fearsome reputation, the Vikings didn’t wear horned helmets, and even the infamous berserkers were far from invincible.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting history. Narrator could be better
- De Castle51 en 07-09-15
- The Age of the Vikings
- De: Anders Winroth
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
Amazing book, TERRIBLE narration
Revisado: 12-22-16
Winroth's perspective on the Vikings is fair, balanced, and excellent. Identifying how primary sources and their origins have affected the way we view the Vikings compared to other equally savage contemporaries is insightful and helpful.
One caveat: the narrator is horrendous. Not only is the same inflection used throughout, pronunciation is terrible. I don't just mean the pronunciation of unique Nordic-origin words (all of which are butchered) but also a variety of words like "prelate" and "sepulcher", which the narrator had apparently never heard spoken aloud before. The speaking voice is pleasant, but this seems like a case where the narrator could have been prepped in the basics of Nordic language family pronunciations as well as any kind of oversight for the pronunciations found on the final recordings. I love this book but this recording makes me wish I'd bought it in print first.
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