The Far Traveler

Voyages of a Viking Woman

De: Nancy Marie Brown

Narrado por: Eva Kaminsky

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

Very accessible general history

Well referenced- provides a nice starting point for further reading. Enjoyed listening to the reader, clear and engaging.

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.

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.

A Story of and through Archeology

Nancy Marie Brown does for archaeology, what archaeology does for history; she makes it come to life. This is a well told story of her personal experience in science while constantly engaging the reader in the Iclandic Viking Saga of a wise woman's adventure, possibly to Vinland, and her daily life as it surfaces through discovery. I loved this book!

The world of Gutrid the Far Traveler

Accessible history of Iceland and Greenland during the Viking era, held together narratively by the life and legacy of one woman mentioned in the Icelandic sagas.

There isn’t much direct information about Gudrig so the author fills in the blanks with an overview of current archeological and historical thinking about the physical and cultural life of the time.

Solid introduction to the topic that can serve as an entry to more challenging work or serve as a great standalone.

Wrecked by narrator

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