The Real Valkyrie
The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women
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In the tradition of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra, Brown lays to rest the hoary myth that Viking society was ruled by men and celebrates the dramatic lives of female Viking warriors.
In 2017, DNA tests revealed to the collective shock of many scholars that a Viking warrior in a high-status grave in Birka, Sweden was actually a woman. The Real Valkyrie weaves together archaeology, history, and literature to imagine her life and times, showing that Viking women had more power and agency than historians have imagined.
Nancy Marie Brown uses science to link the Birka warrior, whom she names Hervor, to Viking trading towns and to their great trade route east to Byzantium and beyond. She imagines her life intersecting with larger-than-life but real women, including Queen Gunnhild Mother-of-Kings, the Viking leader known as The Red Girl, and Queen Olga of Kyiv. Hervor's short, dramatic life shows that much of what we have taken as truth about women in the Viking Age is based not on data, but on 19th-century Victorian biases. Rather than holding the household keys, Viking women in history, law, saga, poetry, and myth carry weapons. These women brag, "As heroes we were widely known-with keen spears we cut blood from bone." In this compelling narrative, Brown brings the world of those valkyries and shield-maids to vivid life.
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Most people have heard of the Celts - the elusive, ancient tribal people who resided in present-day England, Ireland, Scotland and France. Paradoxically characterized as both barbaric and innocent, the Celts appeal to the modern world as a symbol of a bygone era, a world destroyed by the ambition of empire and the spread of Christianity throughout Western Europe. Despite the pervasive cultural and literary influence of the Celts, shockingly little is known of their way of life and beliefs, because very few records of their stories exist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Scholarly yet fancifully told
- De Maestro F en 01-04-20
De: Philip Freeman
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The Age of the Vikings
- De: Anders Winroth
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 10 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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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
De: Anders Winroth
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The Saga of the Volsungs
- With the Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok
- De: Jackson Crawford - translator
- Narrado por: Jackson Crawford
- Duración: 4 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,333
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,169
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,166
From the translator of the best-selling Poetic Edda comes a gripping new rendering of two of the greatest sagas of Old Norse literature. Together the two sagas recount the story of seven generations of a single legendary heroic family and comprise our best source of traditional lore about its members - including, among others, the dragon slayer Sigurd, Brynhild the Valkyrie, and the Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WELL DONE!
- De Zack Davenport en 02-06-19
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The Dragon Sword
- Danelaw Saga, Book 1
- De: Griff Hosker
- Narrado por: Marston York
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 68
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 68
This story is set at the end of the 10th century and charts the journey of a young warrior, whose father, Bersi, is killed during a raid on Wessex. Sven Bersisson has to grow up quickly and to follow in his father’s footsteps. Sweyn Skull Taker, his uncle, becomes his foster father and they raid Wessex and Frankia, where the young warrior becomes a man. King Sweyn Forkbeard, the king of Denmark, uses their clan to help in his dream of defeating the Norwegians and then taking the throne of England.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is “good” Griff Hosker.
- De trevor en 07-19-21
De: Griff Hosker
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Classical Mythology
- Captivating Stories of Greek and Roman Gods, Heroes, and Mythological Creatures
- De: Matt Clayton
- Narrado por: Dryw McArthur
- Duración: 4 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9
Explore captivating stories of Greek and Roman gods, goddesses, and monsters in this ultimate guide to classical mythology.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great reference
- De danush en 07-09-18
De: Matt Clayton
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Guts & Glory: The American Revolution
- De: Ben Thompson
- Narrado por: Will Collyer, John Glouchevitch, Dan Woren
- Duración: 6 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 116
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 92
This fourth book in the action-packed Guts & Glory series takes listeners through the exciting and fascinating history of the American Revolution. From George Washington crossing the icy Delaware, to Molly Pitcher fearlessly firing her cannon, the people of the American Revolution were some of the bravest and most inspiring of all time. Jump into a riot in the streets of Boston, join the Culper Spy Ring as they steal secrets in the dead of night, and watch the signing of the Declaration of Independence in this accessible guide to the birth of the United States.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing! Rude language and euphemisms
- De Ashley en 01-12-22
De: Ben Thompson
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Goddess of Yesterday
- De: Caroline B. Cooney
- Narrado por: Christina Moore
- Duración: 8 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Spirited and pretty, Anaxandra is playmate to King Nicandor’s crippled daughter, Callisto, until pirates attack Nicandor’s small Greek island kingdom and slay everyone except Anaxandra. When Sparta’s King Menalaus comes to investigate, Anaxandra assumes the identity of Princess Callisto to avoid becoming a slave. But Menalaus’ beautiful half-goddess wife, Helen, doubts the girl’s story. Worse, Helen is about to join forces with Trojan prince Paris. Now Anaxandra must reinvent herself in a desperate attempt to prevent war.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Exploration of Greek Legends
- De Rebekah Marie en 11-03-24
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Greek Mythology
- Classic Stories of the Greek Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters (Classic Mythology, Book 1)
- De: Scott Lewis
- Narrado por: Madison Niederhauser
- Duración: 3 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 38
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 36
This captivating audiobook will take you on a beautiful journey through the fascinating world of Greek mythology. From the beginning of the cosmos to the Odyssey, be ready to venture into an exciting world of love, loyalty, infidelity, vengeance, deception, and intrigue!
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great way to gain insight to Ancient Greece
- De cosmitron en 07-27-18
De: Scott Lewis
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Blood on the Blade
- New World, Book 1
- De: Griff Hosker
- Narrado por: Marston York
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 96
Erik and his family are Norse who live on the island of Orkneyjar. Their world is thrown upside down when the King of Norway colludes with their jarl to take over their home. They flee to the land north of Mercia. Hoping for a life free from the tyranny of a King, they have to fight Danes and Saxons. When King Harald of Norway sends ships to destroy them, the Clan of the Fox is forced to flee to the newly discovered land of ice and fire. They travel beyond sight of land into an uncharted ocean to face a future which is uncertain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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EPIC!
- De Damon Edwards en 10-11-19
De: Griff Hosker
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The Poetic Edda
- Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
- De: Jackson Crawford
- Narrado por: Jackson Crawford
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,719
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,396
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,388
The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!) and well worth the wait. These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological, and literary importance, containing the lion's share of information that survives today about the gods and heroes of pre-Christian Scandinavians, their unique vision of the beginning and end of the world, etc.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Butchery of the language
- De Sigurdur J. en 03-26-19
De: Jackson Crawford
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Why Homer Matters
- De: Adam Nicolson
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 9 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 97
Adam Nicolson sees the Iliad and the Odyssey as the foundation myths of Greek - and our - consciousness, collapsing the passage of 4,000 years and making the distant past of the Mediterranean world as immediate to us as the events of our own time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating
- De Jean en 05-04-15
De: Adam Nicolson
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The Hammer and the Cross
- De: Harry Harrison
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 16 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
865 A.D. Warring kings rule over the British Isles, but the Church rules over the kings, threatening all who oppose them with damnation. Only the dreaded Vikings of Scandinavia do not fear the priests. Shef, the bastard son of a Norse raider and a captive English lady, is torn by divided loyalties and driven by strange visions that seem to come from Odin himself. A smith and warrior, he alone dares to imagine new weapons and tactics with which to carve out a kingdom.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Couldn't finish it
- De Susan en 07-22-16
De: Harry Harrison
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The Story of the Volsungs
- The Volsunga Saga
- De: Anonymous
- Narrado por: Antony Ferguson
- Duración: 4 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 308
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 278
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 276
Originally written in Icelandic in the 13th century AD by an anonymous author, The Story of The Volsungs is a legendary saga based on Norse mythology. The epic describes the legendary history and heroic feats of several generations of mythic Viking families and derives from many sources, including preexisting Edda, or heroic poems, Norse legends, historical events, and orally transmitted folklore. The saga is imbued throughout with themes of power, jealousy, love, vengeance, and fear.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Passionate, Poetic, Bloody, Heroic, & Tragic Saga
- De Jefferson en 03-28-12
De: Anonymous
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Uncovering Greek Mythology: A Beginner's Guide into the World of Greek Gods and Goddesses
- De: Lucas Russo
- Narrado por: Jared Zak
- Duración: 3 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 279
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 126
Get to know the Greek gods and goddesses, from the mighty Zeus, to the temperamental Poseidon, the beautiful Aphrodite, and every character from A to Z. Who wouldn’t want to hear about Zeus and his command of lightning, Hades and how he found his bride, the wisdom of Athena, and so many other stories that capture the imagination. These stories can do more than just entertain; they can also inspire and teach us lessons that were penned by the Greeks themselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful book!!
- De Laura Preston en 12-07-22
De: Lucas Russo
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Mythology: Mega Collection
- Classic Stories from the Greek, Celtic, Norse, Japanese, Hindu, Chinese, Mesopotamian and Egyptian Mythology
- De: Scott Lewis
- Narrado por: Madison Niederhauser, Oliver Hunt
- Duración: 31 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 710
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 623
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 623
Do you know how many wives Zeus had? Or how the famous Trojan War was caused by one beautiful lady? Or how Thor got his hammer? Give your imagination a real treat. This Mega Mythology Collection of eight audiobooks is for you....
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4 out of 5 stars
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An interesting set of introductions.
- De Kevin Potter en 05-30-19
De: Scott Lewis
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Greek Mythology
- Captivating Greek Myths of Greek Gods, Goddesses, Monsters and Heroes
- De: Matt Clayton
- Narrado por: Randy Whitlow
- Duración: 4 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 21
This audiobook on Greek mythology will take you on a captivating journey, so you can experience the enjoyment of the entertaining stories while also learning about the Greek myths that lie at the roots of Western language, culture, and civilization. Explore the captivating myths of the Greek gods and heroes.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator
- De Giovanni en 03-12-19
De: Matt Clayton
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A Voyage Long and Strange
- Rediscovering the New World
- De: Tony Horwitz
- Narrado por: John H. Mayer
- Duración: 17 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 252
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 186
On a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz makes an unsettling discovery. A history buff since early childhood, expensively educated at university - a history major, no less! - he's reached middle age with a third-grader's grasp of early America. In fact, he's mislaid more than a century of American history, the period separating Columbus' landing in 1492 from the arrival of English colonists at Jamestown in 16-oh-something. Did nothing happen in between?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Just Not For Me
- De Sara en 10-25-15
De: Tony Horwitz
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Valkyrie
- The Women of the Viking World
- De: Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir
- Narrado por: Ann Richardson
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Valkyries: the female supernatural beings that choose who dies and who lives on the battlefield. They protect some, but guide spears, arrows, and sword blades into the bodies of others. Viking myths about valkyries attempt to elevate the banality of war - to make the pain and suffering, the lost limbs and deformities, the piles of lifeless bodies of young men, glorious and worthwhile. Rather than their death being futile, it is their destiny and good fortune, determined by divine beings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book horrible narrator
- De Zeb Williams en 06-13-22
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River Kings
- A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
- De: Cat Jarman
- Narrado por: Christine Rendel
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Three years ago, a Carnelian bead came into Catrine Jarman's temporary possession. River Kings sees her trace the path of this ancient piece of jewelry back to eighth-century Baghdad and India, discovering along the way that the Vikings' route was far more varied than we might think—that with them came people from the Middle East, and that the reason for this unexpected integration between the Eastern and Western worlds may well have been a slave trade running through the Silk Road, all the way to Britain.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Like school
- De Amazon Customer en 09-08-24
De: Cat Jarman
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The Makers of Scotland
- Picts, Romans, Gaels and Vikings
- De: Tim Clarkson
- Narrado por: David Vickery
- Duración: 8 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19
During the first millennium AD the most northerly part of Britain evolved into the country known today as Scotland. The transition was a long process of social and political change driven by the ambitions of powerful warlords. At first these men were tribal chiefs, Roman generals, or rulers of small kingdoms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good book easy to listen to
- De Jennifer S en 08-14-24
De: Tim Clarkson
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Looking for the Hidden Folk
- How Iceland's Elves Can Save the Earth
- De: Nancy Marie Brown
- Narrado por: Ann Richardson
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 5
Icelanders believe in elves. Why does that make you laugh?, asks Nancy Marie Brown, in this wonderfully quirky exploration of our interaction with nature. Looking for answers in history, science, religion, and art—from ancient times to today—Brown finds that each discipline defines what is real and unreal, natural and supernatural, demonstrated and theoretical, alive and inert. Each has its own way of perceiving and valuing the world around us. And each discipline defines what an Icelander might call an elf.
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Northmen
- The Viking Saga AD 793-1241
- De: John Haywood
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 15 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Northmen is there to tell the tale, to pay homage to what was lost and celebrate what was won. Focusing on key events, including the sack of Lindisfarne in 793 and the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, medieval history expert John Haywood recounts the saga of the Viking Age, from the creation of the world through to the dwindling years of halfhearted raids and elegiac storytelling in the 13th century.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Boring 😴
- De Anonymous User en 09-24-21
De: John Haywood
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The Vikings
- A New History
- De: Neil Oliver
- Narrado por: James A. Gillies
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 444
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 389
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 387
Drawing on the latest discoveries that have only recently come to light, Scottish archaeologist Neil Oliver goes on the trail of the real Vikings. Where did they emerge from? How did they really live? And just what drove them to embark on such extraordinary voyages of discovery over 1,000 years ago? The Vikings: A New History explores many of those questions for the first time in an epic story of one of the world's great empires of conquest.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intriguing for a broad audience.
- De Grant en 08-07-18
De: Neil Oliver
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Valkyrie
- The Women of the Viking World
- De: Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir
- Narrado por: Ann Richardson
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Valkyries: the female supernatural beings that choose who dies and who lives on the battlefield. They protect some, but guide spears, arrows, and sword blades into the bodies of others. Viking myths about valkyries attempt to elevate the banality of war - to make the pain and suffering, the lost limbs and deformities, the piles of lifeless bodies of young men, glorious and worthwhile. Rather than their death being futile, it is their destiny and good fortune, determined by divine beings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book horrible narrator
- De Zeb Williams en 06-13-22
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River Kings
- A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
- De: Cat Jarman
- Narrado por: Christine Rendel
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Three years ago, a Carnelian bead came into Catrine Jarman's temporary possession. River Kings sees her trace the path of this ancient piece of jewelry back to eighth-century Baghdad and India, discovering along the way that the Vikings' route was far more varied than we might think—that with them came people from the Middle East, and that the reason for this unexpected integration between the Eastern and Western worlds may well have been a slave trade running through the Silk Road, all the way to Britain.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Like school
- De Amazon Customer en 09-08-24
De: Cat Jarman
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The Makers of Scotland
- Picts, Romans, Gaels and Vikings
- De: Tim Clarkson
- Narrado por: David Vickery
- Duración: 8 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 19
During the first millennium AD the most northerly part of Britain evolved into the country known today as Scotland. The transition was a long process of social and political change driven by the ambitions of powerful warlords. At first these men were tribal chiefs, Roman generals, or rulers of small kingdoms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good book easy to listen to
- De Jennifer S en 08-14-24
De: Tim Clarkson
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Looking for the Hidden Folk
- How Iceland's Elves Can Save the Earth
- De: Nancy Marie Brown
- Narrado por: Ann Richardson
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 5
Icelanders believe in elves. Why does that make you laugh?, asks Nancy Marie Brown, in this wonderfully quirky exploration of our interaction with nature. Looking for answers in history, science, religion, and art—from ancient times to today—Brown finds that each discipline defines what is real and unreal, natural and supernatural, demonstrated and theoretical, alive and inert. Each has its own way of perceiving and valuing the world around us. And each discipline defines what an Icelander might call an elf.
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Northmen
- The Viking Saga AD 793-1241
- De: John Haywood
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 15 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Northmen is there to tell the tale, to pay homage to what was lost and celebrate what was won. Focusing on key events, including the sack of Lindisfarne in 793 and the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, medieval history expert John Haywood recounts the saga of the Viking Age, from the creation of the world through to the dwindling years of halfhearted raids and elegiac storytelling in the 13th century.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Boring 😴
- De Anonymous User en 09-24-21
De: John Haywood
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The Vikings
- A New History
- De: Neil Oliver
- Narrado por: James A. Gillies
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 444
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 389
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 387
Drawing on the latest discoveries that have only recently come to light, Scottish archaeologist Neil Oliver goes on the trail of the real Vikings. Where did they emerge from? How did they really live? And just what drove them to embark on such extraordinary voyages of discovery over 1,000 years ago? The Vikings: A New History explores many of those questions for the first time in an epic story of one of the world's great empires of conquest.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intriguing for a broad audience.
- De Grant en 08-07-18
De: Neil Oliver
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The Far Traveler
- Voyages of a Viking Woman
- De: Nancy Marie Brown
- Narrado por: Eva Kaminsky
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 16
Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before sailing home. Or so the Icelandic sagas say.
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5 out of 5 stars
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About Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir Viking Explorer
- De Kory KRICK en 03-21-23
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The Wolf Age
- The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire
- De: Tore Skeie
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 10 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
The Wolf Age takes listeners on a thrilling journey through the bloody shared history of England and Scandinavia, and on across early medieval Europe, from the wild Norwegian fjords to the wealthy cities of Muslim Andalusia. Warfare, plotting, backstabbing, and bribery abound as Tore Skeie skillfully weaves sagas and skaldic poetry with breathless dramatization as he entertainingly brings the world of the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons to vivid life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Perspective matters
- De Ellen Wright en 08-08-24
De: Tore Skeie
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Empire of the Black Sea
- The Rise and Fall of the Mithridatic World
- De: Duane W. Roller
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
What is commonly called the kingdom of Pontos flourished for over 200 years in the coastal regions of the Black Sea. At its peak in the early first century BC, it included much of the southern, eastern, and northern littoral, becoming one of the most important Hellenistic dynasties not founded by a successor of Alexander the Great. Previous histories of Pontos have focused almost exclusively on the career of its last ruler. Setting that famous reign in its wide historical context, Empire of the Black Sea is an engaging account of a powerful yet little-known ancient dynasty.
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3 out of 5 stars
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More of an academic journal than a book.
- De Amazon Customer en 07-05-23
De: Duane W. Roller
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Children of Ash and Elm
- A History of the Vikings
- De: Neil Price
- Narrado por: Samuel Roukin
- Duración: 17 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,557
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,339
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,334
The Viking Age - from 750 to 1050 saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe. But for centuries, the Vikings have been seen through the eyes of others, distorted to suit the tastes of medieval clerics and Elizabethan playwrights, Victorian imperialists, Nazis, and more. None of these appropriations capture the real Vikings, or the richness and sophistication of their culture.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding
- De Than en 10-06-20
De: Neil Price
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Saxons, Vikings, and Celts
- The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland
- De: Bryan Sykes
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 10 h y 9 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 418
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 358
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 359
WASPs finally get their due in this stimulating history by one of the world's leading geneticists. Saxons, Vikings, and Celts is the most illuminating book yet to be written about the genetic history of Britain and Ireland. Through a systematic, ten-year DNA survey of more than 10,000 volunteers, Bryan Sykes has traced the true genetic makeup of British Islanders and their descendants.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Thesaurus taxing mind numbing travelog
- De Twang en 01-07-14
De: Bryan Sykes
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Henry V
- The Warrior King of 1415
- De: Ian Mortimer
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 25 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 241
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 240
This insightful look at the life of Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt casts new light on a period in history often held up as legend. A great English hero, Henry V was lionized by Shakespeare and revered by his countrymen for his religious commitment, his sense of justice, and his military victories. Here, noted historian and biographer Ian Mortimer takes a look at the man behind the legend and offers a clear, historically accurate, and realistic representation of a ruler who was all too human.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Accessible, grounded, enjoyable
- De Justa Guy en 04-10-18
De: Ian Mortimer
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Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown
- The Kings and Queens Who Never Were
- De: J.F. Andrews
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 7 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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When William the Conqueror died in 1087, he left the throne of England to William Rufus . . . his second son. The result was an immediate war as Rufus's elder brother Robert fought to gain the crown he saw as rightfully his; this conflict marked the start of 400 years of bloody disputes as the English monarchy's line of hereditary succession was bent, twisted, and finally broken when the last Plantagenet king, Richard III, fell at Bosworth in 1485.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Listen
- De PrettyinPink en 01-03-24
De: J.F. Andrews
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Julius Caesar
- De: Philip Freeman
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 14 h y 44 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 248
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More than 2,000 years after his death, Julius Caesar remains one of the great figures of history. He shaped Rome for generations, and his name became a synonym for "emperor" - not only in Rome but as far away as Germany and Russia. He is best known as the general who defeated the Gauls and doubled the size of Rome's territories. But, as Philip Freeman describes in this fascinating new biography, Caesar was also a brilliant orator, an accomplished writer, a skilled politician, and much more.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not very good...
- De FarleyFarley en 10-22-19
De: Philip Freeman
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The Way of Fire and Ice
- The Living Tradition of Norse Paganism
- De: Ryan Smith
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 175
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 151
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The Way of Fire and Ice reimagines Norse Paganism with mystical practices and rituals for today's world as well as tips for building community and resisting fascism. This approach to working with Norse deities and beliefs is a living, adaptable tradition, representing a strong alternative to the reconstructionist perspectives of Asatru and Heathenry.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Informative and Detailed
- De Marc W. Rogers en 10-06-20
De: Ryan Smith
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The Viking Spirit
- An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
- De: Daniel McCoy
- Narrado por: Andrew Tell
- Duración: 10 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 453
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 402
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The Viking Spirit is an introduction to Norse mythology like no other. As you’d expect from Daniel McCoy, the creator of the endearingly popular website "Norse Mythology for Smart People", it’s written to scholarly standards, but in a simple, clear, and entertaining style that’s easy to understand and a pleasure to listen to. It includes gripping retellings of no less than 34 epic Norse myths - more than any other book in the field - while also providing an equally comprehensive overview of the fascinating viking religion of which Norse mythology was a part.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Christo-centric revisionist
- De Megan List en 12-03-19
De: Daniel McCoy
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Fin Gall - A Novel of Viking Age Ireland
- Norsemen Saga Series #1
- De: James L. Nelson
- Narrado por: Shaun Grindell
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 715
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 654
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 655
For centuries, the Vikings have swept out of the Norse countries and fallen on whatever lands they could reach aboard their longships, and few could resist the power of their violent onslaught. They came at first to plunder and then to settle, an encroachment fiercely resisted wherever they went. Such was the case in the southern lands of Ireland. En route to the Viking longphort there, known as Dubh-linn, Thorgrim Night Wolf and Ornolf the Restless stumble across an Irish ship.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Tolerable with this trick
- De Victoria en 05-10-16
De: James L. Nelson
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Daughters of Chivalry
- The Forgotten Princesses of King Edward Longshanks
- De: Kelcey Wilson-Lee
- Narrado por: Christine Rendel
- Duración: 12 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized—and largely mythical—notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingers. Yet the reality was very different, as Kelcey Wilson-Lee shows in this vibrant account of the five daughters of Edward I, often known as Longshanks. The lives of these sisters—Eleanora, Joanna, Margaret, Mary, and Elizabeth—ran the gamut of experiences open to royal women in the Middle Ages.
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5 out of 5 stars
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DoC
- De Terri Issa en 11-15-23
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Real Valkyrie
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Total4 out of 5 stars
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- A. B.
- 07-10-22
Great Background Noise
This book was interesting, but difficult to stay focused on due to the soothing voice of the narrator. It is a great background book for driving if you do not want to stay focused the entire time.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-12-23
Amazing book; completely redefines the way we see the “Vikings”
Not my favorite audio performance, but the book is well worth the read (and reread). I purchased a physical copy to look through the pictures, see the names/quotes, and read the footnotes. Highly recommend this to anyone interested in Scandinavian or ancient history!
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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- Walter Harris
- 04-28-23
A Shieldmaiden’s tale
A well researched work revealing an aspect of dark age life. A must read for the ladies and a great read for the gentlemen. Skol.
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