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Stones & Bones

Stones & Bones

By: Deborah Brezina
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 A thousand years ago Emma of Normandy was on trial for adultery, treason and murder. The Stones & Bones podcast tells the tale of the first woman styled Queen of England who stood at the center of a dark era of history. And changed it. Social Sciences World
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  • The Lady

    The Lady
    Sep 16 2021

    A scholar, a fighter, a passionate lover and a cunning political manipulator. The very model of a medieval ruler. But this medieval ruler was not a man. This power player was a woman. And England was her chessboard.
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    11 mins
  • Gravediggers

    Gravediggers
    Sep 22 2021

    They sought her blood. They readied the rope. They dug her grave. What would remain as cold death beckoned her to churchyards filled with stones and bones?
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    12 mins
  • Put Away the Playthings

    Put Away the Playthings
    Sep 29 2021

    For a half century she bent history to her will. Everything that turned touched her. And she turned everything she touched. But first, she had to put away her playthings.
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    11 mins
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I am still just reeling from how absolutely awful this podcast was. I love historical fiction and non-fiction, it is my primary go to. But this was absolutely intolerable.
My reasons are:
1 The narrator is American, from the South, and her voice just doesn't fit with the narrative. I have many books narrated by Americans, and Amanda Ronconni is one of my all time favourites. But I can't help but think that a British narrator would have added appropriate gravitas and made the subject more real. Her voice modulates oddly, and not where it should. I assume she is trying to be engaging, but it is just overly dramatic and rather cringy. Then rather than doing other voices, everyone just sounds the same, and sadly American. it totally ruins any realism.
2. The prose is often in the present and future tense. which I found really off putting.
3. Finally, I did try to listen, because the theme is fascinating, but in the end the prose feels more like the basic commentary on a History Channel narration, rather than a serious work of historical analysis.
4. The dialogue is littered with Americanisms, and as it is poorly narrated, its just annoying.
I am so so so sorry. I am sure an American audience will love it. Anyone else..... Probably not.

Oh dear sweet mother of the Lord! just No!

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