• The Far Traveler

  • Voyages of a Viking Woman
  • By: Nancy Marie Brown
  • Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
  • Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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The Far Traveler

By: Nancy Marie Brown
Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
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Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before sailing home. Or so the Icelandic sagas say.

Even after archaeologists found a Viking longhouse in Newfoundland, no one believed that the details of Gudrid’s story were true. Then, in 2001, a team of scientists discovered what may have been this pioneering woman’s last house, buried under a hay field in Iceland, just where the sagas suggested it could be.

Joining scientists experimenting with cutting-edge technology and the latest archaeological techniques, and tracing Gudrid’s steps on land and in the sagas, Nancy Marie Brown reconstructs a life that spanned—and expanded—the bounds of the then-known world. She also sheds new light on the society that gave rise to a woman even more extraordinary than legend has painted her and illuminates the reasons for its collapse.

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©2007 Nancy Marie Brown (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers

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About Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir Viking Explorer

This book surprised me, it encompasses Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir's saga narratives and modern critique, the archaeological aspects including the author's personal foray into archaeology, as well as historical context. Succinctly, incredibly well researched book. The reason I got this book in the first place is that I'm half Icelandic and according to the world's best genealogical database, Íslendingabók, she's my 24th great grandmother. The voice actor was excellent- I'm a little jealous she pronounces Icelandic much better than I do. By the end my heart was full, this author showed serious respect to my surprisingly well-traveled ancestor.

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Amazing life of a Viking woman!

Outstanding research presented in an engaging story. It follows the life and incredible travels of Gudrid the Far Traveled.

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Wrecked by narrator

I actually couldn’t finish this fascinating story because of the narrator. Very disappointing. Will have to read it myself.

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