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The Norman Conquest

The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England

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The Norman Conquest

Yazan: Marc Morris
Seslendiren: Frazer Douglas
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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. Büyük Britanya Civilization Europe Medieval Military World İngiltere Orta Çağ Kraliyet Birleşik Krallık Savaş Viking
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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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This book has a very interesting story to tell, but the reader is so poor that, not only has he no idea how to pronounce the French names which are quite common, he cannot even pronounce English names (Eli for Ely for example). His reading style paid scant attention to the sense of what he was reading and he did not allow the prose to flow. Doesn't Audible supervise the production of their audiobooks? It adversely affected my enjoyment of the book because I would find myself suddenly wondering what a particular word or phrase meant. A great shame as I doubt that I will want to listen to this again

Very interesting let down by poor narration

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Over all the story of the build up to the Norman Conquest and its aftermath is a fascinating one, and the book is excellent for this, this audiobook is let down by failures of the narrator to pronounce even quite simple places correctly. In one chapter vineyard and Cymru were not pronounced correctly, following on from Caen, Rhuddlan, and Grufydd ap Llewelyn,

This throws the listener out of the narrative too often.

Let down by the narration

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Very interesting story about a period of English history I knew very little about. Unfortunately the experience was spoilt by what in my opinion was a very poor narration. The reader seems unable to put together without inserting very bizarre gaps, pauses and inappropriate dramatic sharp intakes of breath. The most bizarre style I've ever listened to. I really struggled to get through the early stages, but I'm glad I persevered.

Poorly performed

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Not the easiest book which isn't helped by the choice of narrator. A good detailed account of The Conquerer heavily using the words of The Chroniclers to navigate to a good and accurate view of his life. If like me you find medieval political evolution and some good old fashioned wars then you will love this book.

Heavy going but worth it for the detail.

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Very detailed, yet still enjoyable. Marc Morris characteristically blends scholarship with a common sense consideration of the humanity of the key players and practical matters, with a smattering of dry humour.

Sadly the narrator is poor, considerably worse than on other works by this author. I seriously wondered at times whether it may have been computer-generated. Very odd pronunciation of some key figures (God-wiiiine-son.....), and poor pronunciation of non-English place names. Weird plummy voice when quoting any sources.

Excellent book, terribly read

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