Columbus

The Four Voyages

By: Laurence Bergreen

Narrated by: Tim Jerome

Unabridged, 15 hours

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A mesmerizing, new account of the great explorer from the acclaimed biographer of Magellan and Marco Polo.

Critic reviews

"Laurence Bergreen's Columbus was brillliant, audacious, volatile, paranoid and ruthless. What emerges in this biography, a worthy addition to the literature on Columbus is a surprising and revealing portrait of a man who might have been the title charcater in a Shakespearan tradegy."
— The New York Times

"Laurence Bergreen's ambitious new biography, Columbus: The Four Voyages [is] a spellbinding epic that's simultaneiously a profoundly private portrait of the most complex, compelling, controversial creature ever to board a boat. This scrupulously researched, unbiased account of four death-defying journeys to The New World reveals the Admiral's paradoxical personality."
— USA Today

"A compelling new book [that] details the explorer's trips to the New World, including three you haven't heard about."
— Salon

"Once you have read this superb acount of Columbus' four voyages, you will never be content with the cliche about the Italian-born explorer's sailing the ocean blue in 1492. Author of many prize-winning popular history books on topics as diverse as Marco Polo and Al Capone. Laurence Bergreen is a New York-based scholar whose portrayal of the life and times of Christopher Columbus is a tour de force."
— Winnipeg Free Press

"Laurence Bergreen's new book, refreshingly, is fluid in style in its style and comprehensive in its research. Richly illustrated and enhanced with maps that are as legible as they are relevant. Columbus: The Four Voyages is complex in its themes, intriguing in its substance and sparkling with suprises."
— The Washington Times

"In this scrupulously fair and often thrilling account of his four vorages to the "New World," Bergreen reveals Columbus as brilliant, brave, adventurous, and deeply flawed . . . A superb reexamination of the character and career of a still controversial historical agent." — Booklist

Very informative and keeps attention

Really well down chronological order of events and review of Columbus early history and the times he lived in. Worth a read.

Well read and very interesting

What you leaned in history class is not the whole story by any measure.
I found this very to be a very good book. I the narrator's voice was enjoyable. Seems like the author has captured Europe's world view and mentality.

Excellant!

The good and bad sides of Columbus. Very good and educational. Goes deeper into the history of columbus than I expected.

Good story telling and fair storytelling

The author did a great job a recounting the story of Columbus and the four voyages that changed the world. I was especially happy with the even handedness the author takes by not falling into the current modern fashion of demonizing Columbus while simultaneously showing a gifted sailor with many flaws. The narration also makes this book an easy listening unlike some books in history genre that hired robotic like narrators. A must read(listen) for those with an interest in history and the age of exploration.

The author explains the character of Columbus

I always like the inclusion of historical context. The story was a bit meandering and redundant but still compelling