The Last Viking

The True Story of King Harald Hardrada

De: Don Hollway

Narrado por: Mark Meadows

Duración: 14 h y 18 m

Resumen del Editor

Bloomsbury presents The Last Viking by Don Hollway, read by Mark Meadows.

Harald Sigurdsson burst into history as a teenaged youth in a Viking battle from which he escaped with little more than his life and a thirst for vengeance. But from these humble origins, he became one of Norway’s most legendary kings. The Last Viking is a fast-moving narrative account of the life of King Harald Hardrada, as he journeyed across the medieval world, from the frozen wastelands of the North to the glittering towers of Byzantium and the passions of the Holy Land, until his warrior death on the battlefield in England.

Combining Norse sagas, Byzantine accounts, Anglo-Saxon chronicles and even King Harald’s own verse and prose into a single compelling story, Don Hollway vividly depicts the violence and spectacle of the late Viking era and delves into the dramatic events that brought an end to almost three centuries of Norse conquest and expansion.

©2021 Don Hollway (P)2021 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Riveting! [Listen to] this [audiobook] and be prepared to see it through to the end. Fascinating and thoroughly engaging!" (Edward Zapletal, History Magazine)

"The Last Viking is a masterful and pulse-pounding narrative that transports the [listener] into the middle of the action." (Carl Gnam, Military Heritage)

"The story pulls you in, and doesn't let go." (Stephen Harding, New York Times best-selling author of The Last Battle)

Fabulous

Loved this story and the narration. Insightful, intuitive and full of tiny observations and bits of information that fill in gaps I hadn’t already read. Loved it.

My 25th Great Grandfather 😊

Pretty damn cool reading a book about your own Grandfather, and learning just how badass he was. Ordering a couple hardcopies to keep in our family library.

Brings the Sagas to life.

A great book that is well told and well narrated. It holds one's attention.

informative and interesting

lived the story. very interesting to hear of all the adventures of King Herold of Norway.

A little too much filler

Perhaps the last half of the story could be edited a bit better leaving out those aspect that barely touched the Viking’s life.

Magnificent

Great depiction of one of histories most magnificent men, whose life was basically a videogame.

Viking Odyssey

WOW this book is amazing, started me on a whole viking historical journey. It seems to me that this book succeeds because Harold’s life was like a Viking odyssey. So many different tests and challenges, peoples and places. it was endless entertaining and the narration was great.

Adequate writing. Acceptable narration. Nothing groundbreaking.

This is far from the best writing I’ve heard but it gets the point across.

the narrator makes the book a bore

the narrator makes this book less interesting.......... ... ... ... . ..... . .