Histories
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Histories
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Narrated by:
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David Timson
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Written by:
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Herodotus
About this listen
In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus describes the growth of the Persian Empire with force, authority, and style. Perhaps most famously, the book tells the heroic tale of the Greeks' resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, king of Persia. Here are not only the great battles - Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis - but also penetrating human insight and a powerful sense of epic destiny at work.
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Public Domain (P)2016 Naxos AudioBooksWhat listeners say about Histories
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- Kindle Customer
- 2018-09-20
I haven’t managed to get through it yet.
I’ve been slogging alone but I’m finding this one a hard one to get through. I feel like I need to know the names and more background before I can appreciate it. #Audible1
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Julian Ticehurst
- 2022-04-16
Everything to like
An engaging, conversational narration; a well-crafted translation; a consistent natural tone to the whole work.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- scottrs
- 2018-11-16
Entertaining
This is an entertaining performance of the histories. The content of the story itself needs no review as it has been quite heavily analyzed by people more qualified than myself
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Ben Vaughan
- 2023-12-11
top notch performance
The interwoven stories full of (to me) mostly unfamiliar names can be difficult to follow. There are are a lot sidebar anecdotes, and when you don't have a clear idea of the main thread, it can be hard to predict what names and events are going to be consequential going forward - and so, hard to know how much attention you should be paying to this or that detail. That said, the second half is easier to follow than the first, because everything funnels into one big story of the Persians going to war against the Greeks. ALSO, for getting through what I can only imagine might sometimes be a dry text to read, listening to David Timson's reading of it has to be the best way possible. I cannot stress enough how good he is. Every accent is perfectly placed for following the intended meaning, and every single detail sounds interesting. He is surprised, bemused, impressed, shocked, delighted, entertained, and always, always interested by what he is reading. You will not find a better narrator.
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