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  • The Norman Conquest

  • The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England
  • Von: Marc Morris
  • Gesprochen von: Frazer Douglas
  • Spieldauer: 18 Std. und 10 Min.
  • 4,2 out of 5 stars (9 Bewertungen)
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The Norman Conquest

Von: Marc Morris
Gesprochen von: Frazer Douglas
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Historian Marc Morris presents an enjoyable and modern account of the Norman invasion that created the foundation for the English nation. Beginning with the Saxon kings and the constant conflicts besetting England as she fell prey to both Vikings and Normans, Morris lays bare the intrigues and betrayals that marked the Anglo-Saxons' rule. With his silken voice and impeccable timing, narrator Frazer Douglas recounts these events with great familiarity and relish. Morris sets the stage for William the Conqueror's invasion and shows how his hopes for a united Anglo-Norman realm were dashed by rebellions, Viking invasions, and the demands of his fellow conquerors. Listeners will be entertained by this rambunctious look at the most important period of English history.

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A riveting and authoritative history of the single most important event in English history: The Norman Conquest.

An upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful and unified kingdom in Christendom. An invasion force on a scale not seen since the days of the Romans. One of the bloodiest and most decisive battles ever fought.

This new history explains why the Norman Conquest was the most significant cultural and military episode in English history. Assessing the original evidence at every turn, Marc Morris goes beyond the familiar outline to explain why England was at once so powerful and yet so vulnerable to William the Conqueror’s attack; why the Normans, in some respects less sophisticated, possessed the military cutting edge; how William’s hopes of a united Anglo-Norman realm unraveled, dashed by English rebellions, Viking invasions, and the insatiable demands of his fellow conquerors.

This is a tale of powerful drama, repression, and seismic social change: the Battle of Hastings itself; the sudden introduction of castles and the massive rebuilding of every major church; the total destruction of an ancient ruling class. Language, law, architecture, and even attitudes toward life itself were altered forever by the coming of the Normans.

©2012 Marc Morris (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

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Great book, poor speaker

I am sorry to say that I nearly stopped listening to this audiobook right off the bat on account of the speaker. While I am sure tastes for the style of a speaker are quite different among the audience, I found it very hard to stomach the odd and unnatural pauses the speaker Frazer Douglas makes mid sentence, often after every - single - word. He also often unnaturally streches single words while pronouncing them or employs weird intonations. Probably this is all intended to slow the pace. However, I instinctly felt like he was insulting me because I had the feeling that he was speaking as if his listeners had difficulty in understanding the words or following a normal pace. If this is about making the book more accessible to folks that prefer a slower narrator than I wonder why the speaker does not simply pause at the commas and full stops. Quite an established method, or isn't it? Wouldn't that would work for everyone? As I feel the need to comment on the speaker, I might as well add that certain pronounciations were irritating to me. While it think that this is ok for place names that come up seldom I did whince every one of the one thousand plus times he pronounced Godwinson as God[wine]son. Now I might be wrong myself here and probably nobody knows how that name was pronounced back in the day. But at least I have only ever heard it pronounced God[win]son up until now. To end on a positive note: I really liked the book itself. It is an interesting and accessible account of the Norman conquest. To me, it was particularly interesting to hear about the aftermath of the invasion (which is, however, not presented as extensively as the prelude and the invasion of 1066 itself). After hearing the book, that still lingers with me. By the way, the author has written further ecxellent books, among them one on Anglo Saxon England to which the latter two thirds of this book is a great addition.

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Gripping story, badly performed

While Morris‘s writing is as gripping as it gets, the performance of the piece is totally lacking. Douglas has no idea of pronunciation. He is unable to pronounce Anglo-Saxon as well as French names of people and places. One would expect the reader of such a history to have asked for advice on both languages.

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