The Vikings, Frank R. Donovan
The Vikings, Frank R. Donovan
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The Vikings

Author: Frank R. Donovan

Narrator: Chris Sorensen

Unabridged: 3 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/28/2017


Synopsis

At the height of their power in the ninth and tenth centuries, the Vikings seemed invincible— conquering well-armed warriors whose ships were the ultimate in seafaring technology. From island bases near the deltas of major rivers, they used the waterways to scour the countryside, looting and burning towns, plundering merchant shipments, and stripping churches and monasteries of their gold, silver, and jeweled treasures.

The Norsemen eventually penetrated all of England and Scotland, founded cities in Ireland, gained a powerful province in France, controlled Frisia and the modern Netherlands, and raided lands around Spain, passing into the Mediterranean to attack Italy and North Africa. They established the first Russian kingdom, challenged Constantinople, and provided a personal guard for the Byzantine emperor. They settled Iceland, where they developed Europe's first republic, founded two colonies on Greenland, and explored parts of North America five centuries before Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas. Then, like the abrupt end of a summer thunderstorm, their adventures ceased.

About Frank R. Donovan

Frank R. Donovan wrote many well-regarded books on topics as varied as the Civil War, America's Founding Fathers, and the Vikings.


Reviews

Goodreads review by B.A.

I've been doing some research on Vikings, and as a result, I've been reading different resources related to the topic. I really liked this one. It's easy to read and comprehend, and it hits you with straightforward information, without feeling boring or dry. I used this list to help make a list of i......more

Goodreads review by Wes

Thoroughly fascinating exploration into the annals of history--around the 8th-11th centuries--centering on the exploits of the feared/fearless peoples from the North, Norsemen, more commonly known as the Vikings. This reading was inspired by the Vikings series from the History Channel that we've bee......more

Goodreads review by Linda

Cliff Notes feel like novels in comparison. Hundreds of years of history reduced to under two hours of reading.......more

Goodreads review by Bruce

The Vikings, by Frank R. Donovan (audio book). Quite simply, this is an overview of the Vikings in their heyday: the ninth and tenth centuries. It covers in broad outline (and scant) detail the Vikings as they used superior ships, daring, and quests for adventure (and silver, gold, slaves, and goods......more

Goodreads review by Betty

Another audiobook. Since my visit to Iceland, I wanted to learn more about this fierce grip of people who descended on Europe and conquered so many lands. They set out on the sea and founded the first parliament in the world in Iceland, and it is a probability that they were the first to land in Nor......more