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- Mark
- 04-22-08
Great book, great narration
This is the best historical audiobook I've ever listened to, and I've listened to a lot of them. The content is wonderfully accessible and the narrator is a delight. It's like listening to your grandmother tell a great story...if your grandmother had an advanced degree in Egyptology.
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- JoAnn
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Ok I guess
I got this book based on other recommendations. I love to listen to history and wanted to like this based on what I had read from other reviewers. While it does have some interesting parts, it just becomes too cute by far sometimes. The attempt at humor gets old. I would have preferred a little more history and little less author's opinion.
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- John N.
- 11-15-08
A joy to read (hear)
More interesting than the subject matter is the author's peculiar style. I absolutely enjoyed every minute of the reading.
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- Matt L
- 01-15-13
Fun, fun, fun
I'd love to meet Barbara Mertz someday. You fall in love with her personality in this book. And Lorna Raver was just the perfect choice for the tone of this lovely book. Great listening, very entertaining, and a fun topic.
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- Stacey Kay Schwab
- 05-10-24
Engaging, enjoyable, outstanding
This author, and the person reading their writing, are simply outstanding. So much so that it is truly sad she is no longer living and writing. She writes in such an engaging and enjoyable way about history. And the person performing does an excellent job. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Take a listen!
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- ch
- 04-18-08
Mertz makes ancient history interesting
I thoroughly enjoyed this history of Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz. She was able to bring the historical characters and times to life without sacrificing her scholarly ethics - she always carefully explained her own prejudices and opinions to the reader. Her excellence as a writer is undeniable, and one can see why she went on to be such a popular author. And also, her scholarship explains why her popular books were so good.
I also found it helpful in reading the book to rent the hard copy from the library and follow along with the maps and plates. For example, where is Abydos and the cataracts of the Nile? While I was at it, I also rented the book Red Land, Black Land, which was also written by Mertz in the 1960's about all aspects of ancient Egyptian culture. My library just happened to have an original edition of the book.
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Best book on audible
I’ve listened to a number of books from audible and various recording companies this has to be one of the best performed and most well written books I’ve ever heard! I loved her snappy style and ability to distill 30 centuries worth of history into a comprehensible book. You will not be disappointed!
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- ali
- 01-27-18
Good if you love Egyptian history
A good and somehow entertaining book that tries to condense the complex and long history of pharaonic Egypt and the many ancient dynasties. The book is very well researched and the narration (for Audible version) is quite fitting, I found it entertaining but a little scattered at big portions of it, especially with the rapid description of the following dynasties.
Even if you are a history lover, you may still find the book quite dull at parts, so I would recommend it only if you are really into your 'Egyptian history'
Even thought the narration was excellent, I found the weird stops jarring to the experience, I. E. Pauses in between sentences while there was almost no pause when going from one chapter to another.
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- Warnie
- 07-19-12
Really Enjoyable
I liked this one even more than I did Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt, probably mostly because while Red Land, Black Land covers the daily life of Regular Joe ancient Egyptians, this book covers the monuments and tombs and personalities I was already familiar with. Also, I will admit that I was mostly familiar with the aforementioned monuments and tombs and personalities from reading the author's Amelia Peabody series--heh! It was fun to go back and visit places Amelia and Emerson had been in those books--the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur, Deir el-Bahri, el-Amarna... And like I said about Red Land, Black Land, Mertz lends the same sense of humor to her non-fiction books that she does to her fiction, and I found her ocassional sarcastic or snarky or tongue-in-cheek comments amusing and delightful. Well worth a read, for Peabody fans, or for anyone interested in ancient Egyptian history.
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- Ben & Jen
- 11-19-18
Excellent
I need more stars for the narrator's performance! She really brought the book to life.
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