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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- By: Simon Armitage
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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The famous Middle English poem by an anonymous Northern England poet is beautifully translated by fellow poet Simon Armitage in this edition. "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" narrates in crystalline verse the strange tale of a green knight who rudely interrupts the Round Table festivities one Yuletide, casting a pall of unease over the company and challenging one of their number to a wager.
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great original, translation, and reader
- By Mary on 04-30-08
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 12-20-07
- Language: English
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The Death of King Arthur
- A New Verse Translation
- By: Simon Armitage - translator
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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First appearing around 1400, The Alliterative Morte Arthur, or The Death of King Arthur, is one of the most widely beloved and spectacularly alliterative poems ever penned in Middle English. Now, from the internationally acclaimed translator of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, comes this magisterial new presentation of the Arthurian tale, rendered in unflinching and gory detail. Following Arthur's bloody conquests across the cities and fields of Europe, all the way to his spectacular and even bloodier fall, this masterpiece features some of the most spellbinding and poignant passages in English poetry.
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Hardcore Arthur Fans and Medievalists Will Love It
- By Christopher on 04-14-16
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The Death of King Arthur
- A New Verse Translation
- Narrated by: Bill Wallis
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 01-24-12
- Language: English
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The Odyssey (Dramatized)
- By: Homer, Simon Armitage - dramatisation
- Narrated by: Tim McInnerny, Amanda Redman, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
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"My fame is written in the heavens, and my fate too..." So speaks Odysseus as he starts to recount his struggles to sail home to Ithaca, in one of the greatest pieces of storytelling in Western literature. The Odyssey is his incredible traveller's tale, and also the story of his faithful wife Penelope who waits for him, besieged by suitors, and their son Telemachus who has a quest of his own.
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Excellent, but not an exam reference!
- By Joel D Offenberg on 12-27-09
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The Odyssey (Dramatized)
- Narrated by: Tim McInnerny, Amanda Redman, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 04-15-05
- Language: English
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Walking Home
- A Poet's Journey
- By: Simon Armitage
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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The wandering poet has always been a feature of our cultural imagination. Odysseus journeys home, his famous flair for storytelling seducing friend and foe. The Romantic poets tramped all over the Lake District searching for inspiration. Now Simon Armitage, with equal parts enthusiasm and trepidation, as well as a wry humor all his own, has taken on Britain’s version of our Appalachian Trail: the Pennine Way.
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Not necessarily what you might imagine
- By John S. on 03-02-15
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Walking Home
- A Poet's Journey
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 04-26-13
- Language: English
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The Last Days of Troy
- By: Simon Armitage
- Narrated by: Claire Calbraith, Colin Tierney, David Birell, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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Lily Cole stars as Helen of Troy, ‘the face that launched a thousand ships’, in Simon Armitage’s vivid, visceral adaptation of Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Aeneid. For 10 years, the Greeks have been laying siege to Troy to win back their abducted queen, Helen. But as the war drags on, and the battlefields run scarlet with blood, the opposing forces are entrenched in a bitter stalemate. As gods and mortals squabble amongst themselves for the spoils of war, the exhausted warriors go to extreme lengths in a desperate grab for victory....
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great, wish it were longer
- By Darian Beharry on 06-09-23
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The Last Days of Troy
- Narrated by: Claire Calbraith, Colin Tierney, David Birell, Gillian Bevan, Jake Fairbrother, Lily Cole, Richard Bremmer, Simon Harrison
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Release date: 04-26-18
- Language: English
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The Bayeux Tapestry
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- By: Simon Armitage, Jeff Young
- Narrated by: Christopher Eccleston, full cast, Kirsty Wark
- Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
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A combination of verse from Simon Armitage and prose from Jeff Young lends a voice to the chain of events depicted on the famous Bayeux Tapestry. This production chronicles the history surrounding the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and the ascension of Duke William of Normandy to the English throne. Harold, Duke of Wessex, takes the English throne, despite Edward the Confessor's wish that William Duke of Normandy should be his heir.
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The Bayeux Tapestry
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
- Narrated by: Christopher Eccleston, full cast, Kirsty Wark
- Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 08-15-19
- Language: English
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The Owl and the Nightingale
- A New Verse Translation
- By: Simon Armitage
- Narrated by: Simon Armitage
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
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The Owl and the Nightingale, one of the earliest literary works in Middle English, is a lively anonymous comic poem about two birds who embark on a war of words in a wood, with a nearby poet reporting their argument in rhyming couplets, line by line and blow by blow. In this engaging and energetic verse translation, Simon Armitage captures the verve and humor of this dramatic tale with all the cut and thrust of the original.
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Well Done
- By Amazon Customer on 04-07-23
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The Owl and the Nightingale
- A New Verse Translation
- Narrated by: Simon Armitage
- Length: 1 hr and 35 mins
- Release date: 05-24-22
- Language: English
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Greek Myths: Modern Re-tellings
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama Collection
- By: Simon Armitage, Linda Marshall Griffiths
- Narrated by: Bryan Dick, Nico Mirallegro, Colin Tierney, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
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With their epic tales of gods, heroes, magic and monsters, the Greek myths have thrilled us for more than 2,000 years and inspired countless adaptations. Now, in this captivating collection, two award-winning playwrights bring their own fresh, contemporary takes to the famous legends of Odysseus, Orpheus and Eurydice.
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Boring Audio Dramas
- By Blake on 02-17-23
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Greek Myths: Modern Re-tellings
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama Collection
- Narrated by: Bryan Dick, Nico Mirallegro, Colin Tierney, Claire Price, Polly Frame, Emily Taaffe, Jonathan Keeble, Simon Dutton, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 02-03-22
- Language: English
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- By: Simon Armitage - translator
- Narrated by: Simon Armitage
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
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When the mysterious Green Knight arrives unbidden at the Round Table one Christmas, only Gawain is brave enough to take up his challenge.... This story, first told in the 1400s, is one of the most enthralling, dramatic and beloved poems in the English tradition. Now, in Simon Armitage, the poem has found its perfect modern translator. Armitage's retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight captures all of the magic and wonderful storytelling of the original while also revitalising it.
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A great translation
- By Anonymous User on 01-09-19
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Narrated by: Simon Armitage
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 10-29-15
- Language: English
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Walking Home
- Travels with a Troubadour on the Pennine Way
- By: Simon Armitage
- Narrated by: Simon Armitage
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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In summer 2010 Simon Armitage decided to walk the Pennine Way. The challenging 256 mile route is usually approached from south to north, from Edale in the Peak District to Kirk Yetholm, the other side of the Scottish border. He resolved to tackle it the other way round: through beautiful and bleak terrain, across lonely fells and into the howling wind, he would be walking home, towards the Yorkshire village where he was born.
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A poet’s experience walking the Penine hills in northern England
- By Amazon Customer on 02-17-21
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Walking Home
- Travels with a Troubadour on the Pennine Way
- Narrated by: Simon Armitage
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 04-04-13
- Language: English
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Paper Aeroplane
- Selected Poems 1989-2014
- By: Simon Armitage
- Narrated by: Simon Armitage
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing upon all of his award-winning poetry collections, including Kid, Book of Matches, The Universal Home Doctor, Seeing Stars and The Unaccompanied, as well as his medieval translations and verse dramas, Paper Aeroplane represents a generous and thrilling gathering of work from one of contemporary poetry's most essential voices.
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Paper Aeroplane
- Selected Poems 1989-2014
- Narrated by: Simon Armitage
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 10-03-19
- Language: English
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The Owl and the Nightingale
- By: Simon Armitage
- Narrated by: Simon Armitage
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
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Following the success of his acclaimed translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl, Simon Armitage shines light on another jewel of Middle English verse. In his thoroughly enjoyable version, Armitage communicates the energy, charm and humour of the tale - the earliest example of a 'debate poem'. An unnamed narrator overhears a fierce verbal contest between the two eponymous birds, which moves entertainingly from the eloquent and highfalutin to the ribald and ridiculous.
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The Owl and the Nightingale
- Narrated by: Simon Armitage
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Release date: 10-05-21
- Language: English
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Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic
- By: Simon Armitage
- Narrated by: Simon Armitage
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
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Over the course of several years, Simon Armitage has written hundreds of poems for various projects, commissions, collaborations and events, which stand outside of his mainstream collections but now form a substantial body of work in their own right. They vary from single poems, such as 'Zodiac T Shirt', written to be performed at the launch of Beck's Song Reader, to the suite of 10 poems about Branwell Brontë written at the time of the writer's bicentenary.
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Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic
- Narrated by: Simon Armitage
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 05-14-19
- Language: English
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