
The Travels of Reverend Olafur Egilsson
The Story of the Barbary Corsair Raid on Iceland in 1627
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Bruce Kramer
In the summer of 1627, Barbary corsairs raided Iceland, killing dozens of people and abducting close to 400 to sell into slavery in Algiers. Among those taken was the Lutheran minister Reverend Olafur Egilsson.
Reverend Olafur wrote The Travels to chronicle his experiences both as a captive and as a traveler across Europe (he journeyed alone from Algiers to Copenhagen in an attempt to raise funds to ransom the Icelandic captives who remained behind). He was a keen observer, and the narrative is filled with a wealth of detail - social, political, economic, religious - about both the Maghreb and Europe. It is also a moving story on the human level: we witness a man enduring great personal tragedy and struggling to reconcile such calamity with his understanding of God.
The Travels is the first-ever English translation of the Icelandic text. Until now, the corsair raid on Iceland has remained largely unknown in the English-speaking world.
"It is wonderful that finally two scholars have taken the initiative to translate into English this important text." (Kirsten Wolf, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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I expected to be bored about a subject that appears so irrelevant to this present period.
But I found myself drawn to the Universal nature of the story.
With a good Narrator this is a enjoyable experience.
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.
Interesting point in History
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Bonus to the reverends tale is the inclusion of letters from the event and accounts of others who went through the same event. The ability to view the event from these varied perspectives gives one a much better grasp. Truly an enjoyable piece of history to add to my knowledge base. Enjoy. I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator or publisher
History never ceases to amaze
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interesting history
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After an introduction, The Reverend's story is told, followed by the reading of letters written by others caught up in the experience, and those who were able to escape the initial capture, and then more expanded information about the area in question and those who lived there during that period.
This was a very well-rounded book and I very much enjoyed learning about this event. It's definitely a story that should be told, and lessons learned.
I thought the narration was very well done, it really gave the story that extra added effect and I really enjoyed this one. Highly recommended :)
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INTERESTING, CAPTIVATING, GREAT LISTEN
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Sad, Fascinating and Compelling All In One
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The first 40 minutes is an introduction to the travels explaining some background and context to expand upon the peoples involved.
Next is Reverend Olafur’s travel book which comprises less than two hours. He does not just write a blow by blow of his trials to get home. Interestingly, his notes are his comments and interpretations about the places and peoples he comes in contact with, and acknowledgements of those who helped him.
The last four hours of the book is broken into two parts. The first part involves letters written by captives and eye-witnesses that avoided capture, as well as information to expand upon the letters. The second part is the appendices broken into three parts: 1. Algiers 2. Seventeenth century Iceland, Olafur and information about currencies 3. General discussion of the times and beliefs.
All the rest of the book is not wasted time however. I love all the extra information, history and letters. They round out the story wonderfully and questions that arose in my mind listening to the travel book were graciously answered in the appendix.
A discrepancy I found is the beginning of the book mentions 40 people killed and 400 captured. The end of the book mentions 40 people killed, 240 captured and initial island population of 400.
This is the first book I’ve listened to by this narrator (Bruce Kramer) and I would listen to another. He does a good job narrating. It feels like I’m sitting down in an audience listening to a college professor (an interesting one). I don’t speak Icelandic, but his pronunciations of Icelandic names sounded fluid.
There are no explicit sex scenes, excessive violence or swearing.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and voluntarily left this unbiased review. Please feel free to comment on whether you found my review helpful.
Fascinating extra information provided
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some great history about how slaves were made of normal everyday people by raiders and pirates. great historical reference material here
very good history here
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FANTASTIC read on slave trade and life in 1600's
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Excellent book, slow reader
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