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Early Kings of Norway

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(4,211 Sterne; 38 Bewertungen)

"The Icelanders, in their long winter, had a great habit of writing; and were, and still are, excellent in penmanship. It is to this fact, that any little history there is of the Norse Kings and their old tragedies, crimes and heroisms, is almost all due. The Icelanders, it seems, not only made beautiful letters on their paper or parchment, but were laudably observant and desirous of accuracy; and have left us such a collection of narratives (Sagas, literally "Says") as, for quantity and quality, is unexampled among rude nations. Snorro Sturleson's History of the Norse Kings is built out of these old Sagas; and has in it a great deal of poetic fire, . . . and deserves to be reckoned among the great history-books of the world. It is from these sources that the following rough notes of the early Norway Kings are hastily thrown together." (Excerpted from Thomas Carlyle's preface by Karen Merline) (4 hr 6 min)

Chapters

Preface; Ch. 01-Harald Haarfagr; Ch. 02-Eric Blood-Axe and Brothers

21:21

Read by Laura Koskinen

Ch. 03-Hakon the Good; Ch. 04-Harald Greyfell and Brothers

22:43

Read by Sibella Denton

Ch. 05-Hakon Jarl; Ch. 06-Olaf Tryggveson

24:46

Read by Kristine Bekere

Ch. 07-Reign of Olaf Tryggveson

34:47

Read by Sibella Denton

Ch. 08-Jarls Eric and Svein; Ch. 09-King Olaf the Thick-Set's Viking Days

26:33

Read by Sibella Denton

Ch. 10-Reign of King Olaf the Saint part 1

29:19

Read by Kristine Bekere

Ch. 10-Reign of King Olaf the Saint part 2

27:51

Read by Kristine Bekere

Ch. 11-Magnus the Good and Others

27:55

Read by Kristine Bekere

Ch. 12-Olaf the Tranquil, Magnus Barefoot, and Sigurd the Crusader; Ch. 13-Magn…

14:18

Read by Sibella Denton

Ch. 14-Sverrir and Descendants, to Hakon the Old; Ch. 15-Hakon the Old at Largs…

16:59

Read by Sibella Denton

Bewertungen

Good material well read.

(4 Sterne)

Now, you need to quite like things like the early kings of Norway for this book to be right for you, but, assuming you're reading this because that is your thing, then this is an excellent summary of the early kings of Norway, which is well read and very interesting.

(4 Sterne)

Interesting for those who appreciate stories of the rise and fall of leaders, especially within Norwegian and viking culture. A few of the narrators fall a bit short in their pronunciations, and are hard to follow, but there are also two great narrators here who deserve praise. Overall an entertaining and well worth listen in my mind.

(4 Sterne)

Interesting, and well written and well read but irritating noise from something bumping against the mike.