This is the exciting story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King Alfred defeated the Danish Vikings who occupied three of England's four kingdoms, as seen through the eyes of Uhtred, a dispossessed nobleman. Captured as a child and raised by the Danes, when Alfred unexpectedly defeats the Danes, and they turn on Uhtred, he has to decide which side he is on. Above all, he wishes to recover his father's land, the magical fort of Bebbanburg by the wild northern sea.
...Continua medieval5c-16c, britain-england, fraudio, historical-fiction, published-2004
Read in October, 2009
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Abridged and read by Jamie Glover. First of four in a series.
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They are called Vikings when at war, and Danes when they trade.
Normally I am disappointed when an audio book comes abridged but just sometimes that designation is quite alright. I have enjoyed this story immensely just as it has unfolded - it's fast, violent and historically accurate.
Gratuitously violent? I hear you ask.
Let me just say that the Vikings were not renowned for their stamp-collecting skills.
I am hoping that the next three books in this series are also abridged and as much fun.
...Continua medieval5c-16c, britain-england, fraudio, historical-fiction, published-2004
Read in October, 2009
** spoiler alert ** Home audio0 - G:\AUDIO BOOKS\back boiler\Cornwell, B\Cornwell, Bernard
Abridged and read by Jamie Glover. First of four in a series.
Click here for Viking Kittens
They are called Vikings when at war, and Danes when they trade.
Normally I am disappointed when an audio book comes abridged but just sometimes that designation is quite alright. I have enjoyed this story immensely just as it has unfolded - it's fast, violent and historically accurate.
Gratuitously violent? I hear you ask.
Let me just say that the Vikings were not renowned for their stamp-collecting skills.
I am hoping that the next three books in this series are also abridged and as much fun.
...Continuacornwell sets the story in the IX century but repeats much of what he'd written in his Arthurian trilogy: shield walls, barbaric rites, bad catholicism and a heroic warring protagonist.</p><p>good, fast novel, not too original but never banal nor predictable.</p><p>honestly, i dont know if i'll go ahead with the next 2 volumes.
...ContinuaPleasant read set in the year 866 depicting the struggle between the English and the Danes, and the strife between Christianity and paganism. I particularly enjoyed the references to York (“Eoferwic”): “Eoferwic was, and still is, the chief city of northern England. It possesses a great abbey, an archbishop, a fortress, high walls, and a vast market. It stands beside the River Ouse, and boasts a bridge (…)” Well, not much has changed since then, has it?
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