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In The Eagle of the Ninth, Marcus Flavius Aquila ventured into the wilds of Caledonia to retrieve the lost Eagle of his father's dishonored Ninth Legion. In this new story of Roman Britain, the mutilated standard is found again by Flavius, a descendant of Marcus, and his cousin Justin, a young surgeon in the Roman army. It is found at a time when conflicting loyalties, violence, and intrigue are undermining Roman rule in Britain.
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Great historical fiction
- By C. Liddiard on 01-12-11
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The Lantern Bearers
- By: Rosemary Sutcliff
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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When the last of the Roman Auxiliaries leave Britain forever, they abandon the country to internal strife and the menace of invasion by Saxons. These are dark days indeed for Aquila, a young Roman officer who returns to his family villa to find all that he loves destroyed by the invaders. He escapes slavery only to learn that his sister has married a Saxon, and the knowledge fills him with bitterness.
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Great historical fiction
- By C. Liddiard on 01-12-11
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Hittite Warior
- By: Joanne Williamson
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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Judea has always been the crossroads and battlefield of contending nations. It is no less so in this biblical time of the Judges. Uriah Tarhund's Hittite home is destroyed by invading Greeks. His dying father tells him to go south to seek a Canaanite named Sisera. When he saves a young boy from being sacrificed to Moloch, he is given succor for a time by the Hebrews. Later, he finds Sisera and joins him in war against these same people. When the Canaanites are defeated, the young Hittite has the opportunity to come to peace with himself, the Hebrew people, and their God.
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Wonderful narrator
- By Sabrina on 08-04-22
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The Wanderings of Odysseus
- The Story of The Odyssey
- By: Rosemary Sutcliff
- Narrated by: Robert Glenister
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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The long siege is ended. Troy lies in ashes. The black ships of the Greek war-host set sail for home – but for King Odysseus of Ithaca, the return voyage holds hazards far greater than any he faced in the Trojan War. A sequel to Black Ships Before Troy, Rosemary Sutcliff’s retelling of The Odyssey transforms Homer’s complex epic poem into a traveller’s tale with a cast of men, magicians and monsters: the flesh-eating Cyclops, the deadly enchantment of Circe and Odysseus’s battle to regain his wife and long-lost kingdom.
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A great reimagining of Homer's classic tale
- By Emily on 02-11-13
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The Eagle of the Ninth
- By: Rosemary Sutcliff
- Narrated by: Charlie Simpson
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
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Marcus Flavius Aquila, a young centurion in Roman Britain, is forced into retirement after receiving a wound in his first major engagement against a rebel British tribe. It allows him the freedom to embark upon a dangerous mission to find out what happened to the Ninth Legion, which, years before, disappeared in the savage lands of the Picts. Will he find out what happened to the men, led by his father, who never returned? And will he recover the Eagle, the symbol of Roman dominance and power?
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Give it to us unabridged!
- By C. Liddiard on 01-12-11
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Outcast
- By: Rosemary Sutcliff
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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When a Roman ship is wrecked on the coast of Britain, Beric, the infant son of a Roman soldier, is the only survivor. Beric grows up with a Briton tribe, but to his foster people he remained an alien, one of the Red Crests. So when bad times come, the tribe holds him responsible and casts him out.
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When Romans ruled Brits
- By Skipper on 10-21-20
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The Silver Branch
- By: Rosemary Sutcliff
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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In The Eagle of the Ninth, Marcus Flavius Aquila ventured into the wilds of Caledonia to retrieve the lost Eagle of his father's dishonored Ninth Legion. In this new story of Roman Britain, the mutilated standard is found again by Flavius, a descendant of Marcus, and his cousin Justin, a young surgeon in the Roman army. It is found at a time when conflicting loyalties, violence, and intrigue are undermining Roman rule in Britain.
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Great historical fiction
- By C. Liddiard on 01-12-11
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The Lantern Bearers
- By: Rosemary Sutcliff
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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When the last of the Roman Auxiliaries leave Britain forever, they abandon the country to internal strife and the menace of invasion by Saxons. These are dark days indeed for Aquila, a young Roman officer who returns to his family villa to find all that he loves destroyed by the invaders. He escapes slavery only to learn that his sister has married a Saxon, and the knowledge fills him with bitterness.
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Great historical fiction
- By C. Liddiard on 01-12-11
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Hittite Warior
- By: Joanne Williamson
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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Judea has always been the crossroads and battlefield of contending nations. It is no less so in this biblical time of the Judges. Uriah Tarhund's Hittite home is destroyed by invading Greeks. His dying father tells him to go south to seek a Canaanite named Sisera. When he saves a young boy from being sacrificed to Moloch, he is given succor for a time by the Hebrews. Later, he finds Sisera and joins him in war against these same people. When the Canaanites are defeated, the young Hittite has the opportunity to come to peace with himself, the Hebrew people, and their God.
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Wonderful narrator
- By Sabrina on 08-04-22
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Beowulf: Dragon Slayer
- By: Rosemary Sutcliff
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
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Grendel prowled in, hating all men and all joy and hungry for human life. So swift was his attack that no man heard an outcry; but when the dawn came, thirty of Hothgar's best and noblest thanes were missing. Only Beowulf, foremost among warriors, has the strength and courage to battle with Grendel the Night-stalker....
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Honor...Horror...Legend...Loyalty
- By Lisa M on 09-27-13
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The Shining Company
- By: Rosemary Sutcliff
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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A white stag and a dagger transform the life of Prosper, a Welsh chieftan's son. With Conn, his bodyservant, he leaves his isolated valley and joins the war band of King Mynyddog the Golden as a shieldbearer. For the Saxons have returned to threaten the northern tribes of Britain, and the Shining Company - a brotherhood of three hundred chosen warriors - must make a desperate attempt to repel invaders.
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This Woman Understood
- By Erin Solaro on 09-18-21
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The Shining Company
- By: Rosemary Sutcliff
- Narrated by: Ron Keith
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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A rousing tale of swashbuckling adventure, The Shining Company sweeps young adults back to Britain in A.D. 600. When King Mynyddog calls for warriors to battle the Saxons, young Prosper travels to the King’s fortress to serve as shieldbearer. Deeply rooted in the true events of the Saxon invasion, this powerful historical novel is a great choice for young adults who enjoy courageous adventure.
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The Bronze Bow
- By: Elizabeth George Speare
- Narrated by: Pat Young
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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In this Newberry Medal-winning novel, Daniel bar Jamin is fired by only one passion: to avenge his father's death by crucifixion by driving the Roman legions from his land of Israel.
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Story a young man's life without & then with Jesus
- By Tiffany Cunningham on 04-17-21
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The Golden Goblet
- By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw
- Narrated by: Charles Carroll
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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Ranofer struggles to thwart the plottings of his evil brother, Gebu, so he can become master goldsmith like their father. Young listeners will love this exciting tale of ancient Egyptian mystery and intrigue.
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Suspense in Ancient Egypt -- Fun and Eudcational
- By EmilyK on 04-10-13
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D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
- By: Ingri d'Aulaire, Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
- Narrated by: Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Kathleen Turner, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
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Read by Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Kathleen Turner, and Matthew Broderick, here are the stories of the immortals of Olympus - the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece - as freshly described as if they were alive today. Mighty Zeus, with his fistful of thunderbolts; mischievous little Hermes; grey-eyed Athena, godess of wisdom; Asclepius, the first physician; Orpheus and his beloved Euridice; Helios the sun, crossing the heavens in his fiery chariot....
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The best way to read the Book of Greek Myths!
- By BTT on 10-03-13
By: Ingri d'Aulaire, and others
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The Landing of the Pilgrims
- Landmark Series
- By: James Daugherty
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
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In England in the early 1600s, everyone was forced to join the Church of England. Young William Bradford and his friends believed they had every right to belong to whichever church they wanted. In the name of religious freedom, they fled to Holland, then sailed to America to start a new life. But the winter was harsh, and before a year passed, half the settlers had died. Yet, through hard work and strong faith, a tough group of Pilgrims did survive. Their belief in freedom of religion became an American ideal that still lives on today.
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The Cat of Bubastes
- By: George Alfred Henty
- Narrated by: Jim Hodges
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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In this, the Henty novel covering the oldest time period of any, listeners will learn much about the domestic life, customs, religion, and military system of ancient Egypt. Amuba, a prince of the Rebu nation on the shores of the Caspian Sea, with his charioteer Jethro, is carried into slavery after losing a battle with the Egyptians. They become servants of the house of Ameres, an Egyptian high priest, and are quite happy there until the priest's son accidentally kills the sacred cat of Bubastes.
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Top notch !!!
- By John Glemby on 01-07-20
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The Hidden Treasure of Glaston (Living History Library)
- By: Eleanore M. Jewett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
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Amid great mystery Hugh is left in the care of Glastonbury Abbey by his father, who must flee England too swiftly to be burdened by a crippled son. Ashamed of his physical weakness yet possessed of a stout heart, Hugh finds that life at the abbey is surprisingly full in this year 1171, in the turbulent days of King Henry II. Hugh; his friend, Dickon; and their strange friend, the mad Bleheris, uncover a treasure trove and with it a deeper mystery of the sort that could only occur in Glastonbury, where Joseph of Arimithea was said to have lived out his last years.
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Lovely story
- By Amazon Customer on 01-10-17
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The Reb and the Redcoats (Living History Library)
- By: Constance Savery
- Narrated by: Karen Savage
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
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The Revolutionary War is seen through the eyes of a British family to whom an American prisoner of war has been entrusted. Technically the young prisoner is in Uncle Lawrence's custody, but the children soon forge a forbidden friendship with him. He becomes the Reb and they his Redcoats.
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excellent
- By Amazon Customer on 11-16-20
By: Constance Savery
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The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow
- Living History Library
- By: Allen French
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
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Rolf, son of Hiarandi the Unlucky, is a character who exemplifies the effect of Christ's teachings upon the Icelandic people during their heroic age. The book is set in Iceland in the days when Christianity has come to the island though the old customs still linger. Hiarandi, at the urging of his wife, does an unprecedented thing: he lights a signal fire on a dangerous point of his land, thereby challenging the accepted custom which places lucrative salvage at higher value than the saving of life.
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Good yet long
- By J. A. Geer on 10-23-16
By: Allen French
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Trumpeter of Krakow
- By: Eric P. Kelly
- Narrated by: Ron Keith
- Length: 7 hrs
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It is late July in 1461 when young Joseph Charnetski and his family arrive in the great city of Krakow, with its glorious church towers and lively marketplace. The Charnetskis have come to Krakow to seek refuge with their relatives. What they find is more danger and adventure than a simple farm boy like Joseph could ever have imagined. First, a menacing stranger tries to take their pumpkin at sword point. Then a beautiful girl and her black-robed uncle befriend Joseph. Soon he and his family are caught up in the plots of alchemists, hypnotists, and a dark messenger of evil. This distinguished contribution to children's literature carries listeners to a medieval Poland shimmering with folklore and fantasy.
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Wonderful Story
- By Richard on 10-30-17
By: Eric P. Kelly
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- teammine
- 11-20-13
Captivating for kids and adults
I am preparing to teach a unit on Ancient Greece and mythology to my kids and their homeschool co-op. Black Ships before Troy is the version of the Iliad that they were assigned. I found this version to be perfectly appropriate for both my daughter (8) and my son (12), though both of them have a fairly refined sense of story and have been exposed to a lot of different kinds of literature.
Black Ships is beautifully written and even uses much of the verbiage from the epic poem to retain the imagery that resonates through Homer's Iliad. What it leaves out is the many details such as the listings of the various commanders and kings and how many ships were under their authority, among other types of details that may be lost on children. The interplay between the gods and men is retained and the feelings and emotions of the characters throughout the story are beautifully portrayed. The essence of the Iliad is perfectly intact, making this a perfect introduction of a foundational story to young audiences.
For younger children, the scene in which Hector's body is dragged is hard to take--it is supposed to be, and elicited strong reactions from my children and gave us material for discussion. Why did Achilles do what he did? What kind of things can grief do to a person? What should he have done, and do you think he could have resolved this a different way? The redeeming factor is that Hector's body is preserved by the gods, so that helped a bit.
I found the reading of this retelling of the Iliad for a younger audience to be a definite enrichment to the literary lives of my children and highly recommend it. We listened over lunch every day and in the car and couldn't wait for the next chance to turn it on. Five stars all the way around.
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- Joshua Kane
- 01-27-16
Amazing story!
I've listened to it 23 times.It is a great performance and has a feel of Ancient Greece.
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- Emily
- 02-11-13
A wonderful telling of a classic story
This retelling of the story of the Illiad is wonderful, vivid and dramatic, and Robert Glenister reads this perfectly. This ancient story is made entertaining, accessible and has been made into a classic audiobook, and one which is well worth adding to your collection.
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- Customer
- 11-18-15
Enjoyable for the whole family
We have the book illustrated by Alan Lee. The children turn pages while I wash dishes. We all enjoy Glenister's narration. Thank you audible!
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- myz
- 07-09-12
Highly Recommended
Where does Black Ships Before Troy rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
It was a standout, largely due to the performance, by the lovely Robert Glenister. The story, though of course familiar, was told well and at a great involving pace.
What did you like best about this story?
The narration
What does Robert Glenister bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
His voice has a very pleasant tone and he does the different voices very well, without being over the top
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- S11322
- 01-11-23
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF, THE MAGICIAN
Rosemary Sutcliff brought this ancient epic to life in a way that I would never have become introduced to if not for her. If you’re interested Homer, this retelling is a lovely place to start! Add to the pleasure of such an enduring story a generous dollop of fabulous voice acting, and you have a winning combination!!!
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- madame86
- 09-18-23
Great retelling
A gripping retelling of the Trojan war… well- paced and well narrated. A pleasure to listen
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-10-23
It was super great I highly recommend this book to people who like Greek mythology and ancient history and stuff like that
Very good book
It is a very good book if you like Greek mythology and ancient history
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- justkeepswimming
- 02-08-23
Writing was excellent, but beware audience age
Let's face it. Homer was epic, but his story is more "adult" than kids' books or more modern sanitized tween versions. The story is brutal and full of adult sexual inferences. The author does a GREAT job of keeping the story from being explicit or inappropriate. However, parents should be aware that this story is more for middle school aged kids and up.
That said, my kids and I really enjoyed the story as told by Rosemary Sutcliff. She does justice to the events by her engaging prose which captures the gravity and mystique of the events and characters of Homer's epic. She made the story sound not just exciting and heroic, but beautiful and tragic. She did an excellent job, and the narrator was superb. This was a very easy listen that I did not want to stop. I bought the next book immediately.
In previous readings of this story, I had thought the characters simply moved and bullied by the gods so that they did things without their consent. In Sutcliff's retelling, I thought the characters were as much victims of their own weaknesses and choices as they were moved by the gods to act certain ways. It made me think a bit and also made it easier to explain a sort of moral lesson from the work which is filled with brutality and adultery. We face evil consequences for betrayal and pride, hurting many innocent people along the way, but humility, forgiveness, and friendship can ease our pain and right many wrongs. I think many others have seen these things in Greek poetry so her rendition is fitting. In all, this is a superior audio book.
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- JMW
- 12-08-22
Purity good
This story was very very good but it is not very good for Small cildiren
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