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River Kings
- A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
- Narrado por: Christine Rendel
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
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An acclaimed bioarcheologist, Catrine Jarman has used cutting-edge forensic techniques to spark her investigation into the history of the Vikings who came to rest in British soil. By examining teeth that are now over one thousand years old, she can determine childhood diet—and thereby where a person was likely born. With radiocarbon dating, she can ascertain a death-date down to the range of a few years. And her research offers enlightening new visions of the roles of women and children in Viking culture.
Three years ago, a Carnelian bead came into her 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, not just Scandinavia, 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.
Told as a riveting history of the Vikings and the methods we use to understand them, this is a major reassessment of the fierce, often-mythologized voyagers of the North—and of the global medieval world as we know it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Happy with this purchase!
- De Michelle Watson en 09-08-19
De: Noah Brown
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The Vikings
- A History
- De: Robert Ferguson
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 14 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 154
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 135
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 135
From Robert Ferguson comes a comprehensive and thrilling history, based on the latest scholarship, that offers the definitive portrait of the Vikings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good Historical Overview
- De Elizabeth Ciminelli en 04-25-12
De: Robert Ferguson
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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
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 413
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 354
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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The Ancient Celts, Second Edition
- De: Barry Cunliffe
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 195
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 162
For 2,500 years, the Celts have continued to fascinate those who have come into contact with them, yet their origins have remained a mystery and even today are the subject of heated debate among historians and archaeologists. Barry Cunliffe's classic study of the ancient Celtic world was first published in 1997. Since then, huge advances have taken place in our knowledge: new finds, new ways of using DNA records to understand Celtic origins, new ideas about the proto-urban nature of early chieftains' strongholds. All these developments are part of this fully updated edition.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Missing the foundation and migration from the steppe and the Tuatha Dé Dannan
- De cpdb en 03-15-20
De: Barry Cunliffe
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The Arawak: The History and Legacy of the Indigenous Natives in South America and the Caribbean
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Dan Gallagher
- Duración: 1 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 71
The Arawak: The History and Legacy of the Indigenous Natives in South America and the Caribbean examines the culture and history of the indigenous groups and what happened when they came into contact with the Europeans. You will learn about the Arawak like never before.
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3 out of 5 stars
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good content, terrible pronunciation by reader.
- De takajej en 11-04-19
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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 1,450
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,251
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,246
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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Who Discovered America?
- The Untold History of the Peopling of the Americas
- De: Gavin Menzies, Ian Hudson
- Narrado por: Gildart Jackson
- Duración: 8 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 94
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 83
Greatly expanding on his blockbuster 1421, distinguished historian Gavin Menzies uncovers the complete untold history of how mankind came to the Americas - offering new revelations and a radical rethinking of the accepted historical record in Who Discovered America? The iconoclastic historian's magnum opus, Who Discovered America? calls into question our understanding of how the American continents were settled, shedding new light on the well-known "discoveries" of European explorers, including Christopher Columbus.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Like reading an appendix
- De D. McCracken en 01-23-15
De: Gavin Menzies, y otros
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The Ocean of Churn
- De: Sanjeev Sanyal
- Narrado por: Abhishek Sharma
- Duración: 9 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
In this ambitious audiobook, best-selling author Sanjeev Sanyal chronicles the grand sweep of history from East Africa to Australia, conjuring the great cities of Angkor and Vijayanagar, medieval Arab empires, and Chinese "treasure fleets" in rich, vivid detail. He explores remote archaeological sites, maritime trading networks, and half-forgotten oral tales to challenge established historical narratives with fresh evidence. Shining new light on medieval geopolitics and long-lost cities, The Ocean of Churn is a mesmerizing journey into the heart of a vibrant civilization.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An unputdownable treatise on the history of Indian Ocean
- De Akash Mitra en 06-20-20
De: Sanjeev Sanyal
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A Brief History of the Celts
- Brief Histories
- De: Peter Berresford Ellis
- Narrado por: Christopher Oxford
- Duración: 8 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 172
For centuries the Celts held sway in Europe. Even after their conquest by the Romans, their culture remained vigorous, ensuring that much of it endured to feed an endless fascination with Celtic history and myths, artwork and treasures. A foremost authority on the Celtic peoples and their culture, Peter Berresford Ellis presents an invigoration overview of their world. With his gift for making the scholarly accessible, he discusses the Celts' mysterious origins and early history and investigates their rich and complex society.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A bit dry, but overall interesting
- De Lokkish en 04-13-15
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1491
- New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
- De: Charles C. Mann
- Narrado por: Darrell Dennis
- Duración: 16 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,731
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,210
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,196
Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited the Western Hemisphere at the time of Columbus' landing had crossed the Bering Strait 12,000 years ago; existed mainly in small nomadic bands; and lived so lightly on the land that the Americas were, for all practical purposes, still a vast wilderness. But as Charles C. Mann now makes clear, archaeologists and anthropologists have spent the last 30 years proving these and many other long-held assumptions wrong.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Exposes Non-Academic Audience to The Debate Between Ideas of Pre-Colombian America's
- De Christopher en 01-19-17
De: Charles C. Mann
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The Suppressed History of America
- The Murder of Meriwether Lewis and the Mysterious Discoveries of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- De: Paul Schrag, Xaviant Haze
- Narrado por: Allan Robertson
- Duración: 5 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Meriwether Lewis discovered far more than the history books tell - ancient civilizations, strange monuments, "nearly white, blue-eyed" Indians, and evidence that the American continent was visited long before the first European settlers arrived. And he was murdered to keep it all secret. Examining the shadows and cracks between America's official version of history, Xaviant Haze and Paul Schrag propose that the America of old taught in schools is not the America that was discovered by Lewis and Clark and other early explorers.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't Bother
- De Georgia Deardoff en 03-31-17
De: Paul Schrag, y otros
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Three Stones Make a Wall
- The Story of Archaeology
- De: Eric H. Cline
- Narrado por: LJ Ganser
- Duración: 12 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 66
In 1922, Howard Carter peered into Tutankhamun's tomb for the first time, the only light coming from the candle in his outstretched hand. Urged to tell what he was seeing through the small opening he had cut in the door to the tomb, the Egyptologist famously replied, "I see wonderful things". Carter's fabulous discovery is just one of the many spellbinding stories told in Three Stones Make a Wall.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Some shallow digs into archaeology
- De Beechwold en 10-09-20
De: Eric H. Cline
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Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs
- 100 Discoveries That Changed the World
- De: Ann R. Williams - editor, Douglas Preston - introduction
- Narrado por: Mari Weiss
- Duración: 14 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 64
Blending high adventure with history, this chronicle of 100 astonishing discoveries from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the fabulous “Lost City of the Monkey God” tells incredible stories of how explorers and archaeologists have uncovered the clues that illuminate our past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just what I wanted
- De Amazon Customer en 01-16-22
De: Ann R. Williams - editor, y otros
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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 430
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 375
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 373
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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Lost Civilizations
- 10 Societies That Vanished without a Trace
- De: Michael Rank
- Narrado por: Kevin Pierce
- Duración: 3 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 48
Whether it is Plato's lost city of Atlantis, a technological advanced utopia that sank into the ocean "in a single day and night of misfortune"; the colony of Roanoke, whose early American settlers were swallowed up in the wild forest lands of the unexplored continent, or the Ancient American Explorers, who managed to arrive to the New World 2,000 years before Columbus, the disappearance of these societies is as cryptic as it is implausible. This book will look at cultures of the 10 greatest lost civilizations in history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Great Book from Michael Rank
- De MICHAEL H en 07-17-14
De: Michael Rank
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Angels & Demons
- Myths, Legends & History: 2 Books in 1
- De: KIV Books
- Narrado por: Tom Chandler
- Duración: 2 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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Angels have been a critical part of humanity for as long as we can imagine. Often depicted as benevolent beings, they have been at the center of many religious texts, especially in Abrahamic religions, Christianity especially.
De: KIV Books
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History of the Vikings: A Captivating Guide to the Viking Age and Feared Norse Seafarers Such as Ragnar Lothbrok, Ivar the Boneless, Egil Skallagrimsson, and More
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Desmond Manny
- Duración: 3 h y 5 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 29
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
It is true that the Vikings were, without a doubt, brutal men living in a brutal age. They did use their skills as warriors to relentlessly attack Europe and the British Isles to increase their wealth and territory, but that is not all the Vikings were, and their contribution to world history is far more than warmongering. In this captivating history audiobook, you'll not only learn about heroic warriors in battle but you'll also discover the remarkable achievements made by the Vikings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent History of the Vikings
- De Lizbeth en 02-11-19
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Empires of the Normans
- Makers of Europe, Conquerors of Asia
- De: Levi Roach
- Narrado por: Luke Thompson
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Empire of the Normans tells the extraordinary story of how the descendants of Viking marauders in northern France came to dominate European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern politics. It is a tale of ambitious adventures and fierce pirates, of fortunes made and fortunes lost. Across the generations, the Normans made their influence felt across Western Europe and the Mediterranean, from the British Isles to North Africa, and even to the Holy Land, with a combination of military might, political savvy, deeply held religious beliefs, and a profound sense of their own destiny.
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2 out of 5 stars
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disappointing
- De Amazon Customer en 08-05-23
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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
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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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The Makers of Scotland
- Picts, Romans, Gaels and Vikings
- De: Tim Clarkson
- Narrado por: David Vickery
- Duración: 8 h y 48 m
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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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The Anglo-Saxon World
- De: Nicholas J. Higham, Martin J. Ryan
- Narrado por: Mike Cooper
- Duración: 17 h y 13 m
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The Anglo-Saxon period, stretching from the fifth to the late eleventh century, begins with the Roman retreat from the Western world and ends with the Norman takeover of England. Between these epochal events, many of the contours and patterns of English life that would endure for the next millennium were shaped. In this authoritative work, N. J. Higham and M. J. Ryan reexamine Anglo-Saxon England in the light of new research in disciplines as wide ranging as historical genetics, paleobotany, archaeology, literary studies, art history, and numismatics.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Reference, Not Narrative
- De Austin Howard en 01-03-24
De: Nicholas J. Higham, y otros
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The Scythians
- Nomad Warriors of the Steppe
- De: Barry Cunliffe
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 8 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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The Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across the grasslands of the Asian steppe from the Altai mountains in the east to the Great Hungarian Plain in the first millennium BC. Their steppe homeland bordered on a number of sedentary states to the south and there were, inevitably, numerous interactions between the nomads and their neighbours. The Scythians fought the Persians on a number of occasions, in one battle killing their king and on another occasion driving the invading army of Darius the Great from the steppe.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Well researched but narrator is terrible
- De John M. en 01-17-21
De: Barry Cunliffe
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The Vikings
- A History
- De: Robert Ferguson
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 14 h y 50 m
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 135
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From Robert Ferguson comes a comprehensive and thrilling history, based on the latest scholarship, that offers the definitive portrait of the Vikings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good Historical Overview
- De Elizabeth Ciminelli en 04-25-12
De: Robert Ferguson
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Empires of the Normans
- Makers of Europe, Conquerors of Asia
- De: Levi Roach
- Narrado por: Luke Thompson
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
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Empire of the Normans tells the extraordinary story of how the descendants of Viking marauders in northern France came to dominate European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern politics. It is a tale of ambitious adventures and fierce pirates, of fortunes made and fortunes lost. Across the generations, the Normans made their influence felt across Western Europe and the Mediterranean, from the British Isles to North Africa, and even to the Holy Land, with a combination of military might, political savvy, deeply held religious beliefs, and a profound sense of their own destiny.
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2 out of 5 stars
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disappointing
- De Amazon Customer en 08-05-23
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The Wolf Age
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- De: Tore Skeie
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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
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The Makers of Scotland
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- De: Tim Clarkson
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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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The Anglo-Saxon World
- De: Nicholas J. Higham, Martin J. Ryan
- Narrado por: Mike Cooper
- Duración: 17 h y 13 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 13
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The Anglo-Saxon period, stretching from the fifth to the late eleventh century, begins with the Roman retreat from the Western world and ends with the Norman takeover of England. Between these epochal events, many of the contours and patterns of English life that would endure for the next millennium were shaped. In this authoritative work, N. J. Higham and M. J. Ryan reexamine Anglo-Saxon England in the light of new research in disciplines as wide ranging as historical genetics, paleobotany, archaeology, literary studies, art history, and numismatics.
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Reference, Not Narrative
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De: Nicholas J. Higham, y otros
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The Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across the grasslands of the Asian steppe from the Altai mountains in the east to the Great Hungarian Plain in the first millennium BC. Their steppe homeland bordered on a number of sedentary states to the south and there were, inevitably, numerous interactions between the nomads and their neighbours. The Scythians fought the Persians on a number of occasions, in one battle killing their king and on another occasion driving the invading army of Darius the Great from the steppe.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Well researched but narrator is terrible
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- De: Robert Ferguson
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From Robert Ferguson comes a comprehensive and thrilling history, based on the latest scholarship, that offers the definitive portrait of the Vikings.
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Good Historical Overview
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Children of Ash and Elm
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- Narrado por: Samuel Roukin
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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
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By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean
- The Birth of Eurasia
- De: Barry Cunliffe
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 18 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean is nothing less than the story of how humans first started building the globalized world we know today. Set on a huge continental stage, from Europe to China, it is a tale covering more than 10,000 years, from the origins of farming around 9000 BC to the expansion of the Mongols in the 13th century AD.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Remarkable research!
- De B. Dillon en 07-21-22
De: Barry Cunliffe
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The First Kingdom
- De: Max Adams
- Narrado por: Kris Dyer
- Duración: 16 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Somewhere in the dim void between the departure from Britain of the Roman legions at the start of the fifth century and the days of the venerable Bede, the kingdoms of Early Medieval Britain were formed. But by whom? And out of what? Max Adams scrutinises the narrative handed down to us by later historians and chronicles, stripping away the most lurid nonsense about Arthur and synthesising the research of the last 40 years to tease out strands of reality from myth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting, but not in my truck
- De Liz en 03-03-21
De: Max Adams
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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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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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Two Houses, Two Kingdoms
- A History of France and England, 1100-1300
- De: Catherine Hanley
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 15 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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The twelfth and thirteenth centuries were a time of personal monarchy, when the close friendship or petty feuding between kings and queens could determine the course of history. The Capetians of France and the Angevins of England waged war, made peace, and intermarried. In this lively history, Catherine Hanley traces the great clashes, and occasional friendships, of the two dynasties. Along the way, she emphasizes the fascinating and influential women of the houses—including Eleanor of Aquitaine—and shows how personalities and familial bonds shaped the fate of two countries.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book with a bit of slant
- De Ky en 12-20-22
De: Catherine Hanley
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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
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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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The Hundred Years War
- The English in France 1337-1453
- De: Desmond Seward
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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From 1337 to 1453 England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. Though it was a small, poor country, England for most of those "100 years" won the battles, sacked the towns and castles, and dominated the war. Desmond Seward's critically acclaimed account of the Hundred Years War brings to life all of the intrigue, beauty, and royal to-the-death-fighting of that legendary century-long conflict.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb narrator and fascintating history
- De Julie Seavello en 05-30-21
De: Desmond Seward
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Northmen
- The Viking Saga AD 793-1241
- De: John Haywood
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 15 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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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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She-Wolves
- The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
- De: Helen Castor
- Narrado por: Esther Wane
- Duración: 16 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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In the tradition of Antonia Fraser and Alison Weir, prize-winning historian Helen Castor delivers a compelling, eye-opening examination of women and power in England, witnessed through the lives of six women who exercised power against all odds - and one who never got the chance. Exploring the narratives of the Empress Matilda, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France, Margaret of Anjou, and other "she-wolves," as well as that of the Nine Days' Queen, Lady Jane Grey, Castor invokes a magisterial discussion of how much - and how little - has changed through the centuries.
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2 out of 5 stars
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STORY TELLING IS ERRATIC
- De The Louligan en 07-22-20
De: Helen Castor
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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
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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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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The Sea Wolves
- A History of the Vikings
- De: Lars Brownworth
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 7 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,051
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 936
In AD 793 Norse warriors struck the English isle of Lindisfarne and laid waste to it. Wave after wave of Norse "sea wolves" followed in search of plunder, land, or a glorious death in battle. Much of the British Isles fell before their swords, and the continental capitals of Paris and Aachen were sacked in turn. Turning east, they swept down the uncharted rivers of central Europe, captured Kiev, and clashed with mighty Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A little dry but very interesting
- De Angela en 08-30-15
De: Lars Brownworth
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The Highland Clans
- De: Alistair Moffat
- Narrado por: Ruth Urquhart
- Duración: 4 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 99
The story of the Highland clans of Scotland is famous, the names celebrated, and the deeds heroic. Having clung to ancient traditions of family, loyalty, and valor for centuries, the clans met the beginning of their end at the fateful Battle of Culloden in 1746. Alistair Moffat traces the history of the clans from their Celtic origins to the coming of the Romans; from Somerled the Viking to Robert the Bruce; from the great battles of Bannockburn and Flodden to Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite Risings; and from the Clearances to the present day.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extremely Informative with Concise Clan Histories
- De Rochelle B en 09-13-21
De: Alistair Moffat
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre River Kings
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- S.E.T
- 11-24-23
Incredible!
Great work written by actual researcher in the field. Does a phenomenal job of creating a compelling narrative from material archeology.
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- Ivanhoe
- 02-26-23
Very interesting story
Excellent story, well narrated and written. Did the vikings ever go to nothern Africa? That would an interesting follow up this book.
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- Sgooch
- 09-07-22
Love this book and narration!
I am fascinated by the Vikings in general and have watched several popular video series about them. Imagine my delight to hear Christine Rendel's stellar narration of this fascinating book describing the scientific evidence. I was intrigued to learn of the links between the Vikings and the Silk Road. I so enjoy someone who can connect the dots of history and back it up with science. Nice work Cat Jarman.
Christine Rendel's narration made it vivid and brought it to life. I highly recommend this audio book!
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- Anonymous User
- 11-28-23
Rivers Kings
Excellent work reflecting an unknown and long neglected subject, sure to raise interest in a facinating subject!
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- RHR
- 12-17-22
Great except for slow reader
Very interesting world-historical perspective on the usually cartoonized Vikings.
I am sure that readers are being coached to slow their delivery, but the effect on me is to feel patronized and impatient.
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- Stephanie m Jernigan
- 12-18-22
Great mix of Viking history and new technology
Great book on the connections happening during the Viking age. Nicely incorporates narrative on the origins of a single bead to explain the complex history. Through the book, she explains new DNA technologies that are leading scientists to rethink the traditional telling of the Vikings.
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- Pat Newell
- 07-06-23
Little too long
Mayb because I know so much about it already, seemed like only info new to me, so that it moved along quickly, was info after Rus went past Constantinople.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-08-24
Like school
The narrator does her best with the material, but overall this is an absolute slog
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