
The Edge of the World
A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe
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Narrated by:
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Steven Crossley
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Michael Pye
An epic adventure ranging from the terror of the Vikings to the golden age of cities: Michael Pye tells the amazing story of how modernity emerged on the shores of the North Sea.
Saints and spies, pirates and philosophers, artists and intellectuals: They all crisscrossed the grey North Sea in the so-called "dark ages", the years between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of Europe's mastery over the oceans. Now the critically acclaimed Michael Pye reveals the cultural transformation sparked by those men and women: the ideas, technology, science, law, and moral codes that helped create our modern world.
This is the magnificent lost history of a thousand years. It was on the shores of the North Sea where experimental science was born, where women first had the right to choose whom they married; there was the beginning of contemporary business transactions and the advent of the printed book. In The Edge of the World, Michael Pye draws on an astounding breadth of original source material to illuminate this fascinating region during a pivotal era in world history.
A New York Times Notable Book.
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Jumbled but intriguing
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Delightful storytelling
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Insightful and compelling view of the origins of the modern world.
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And, what can I say about the narration and the production? Steven Crossley was utterly terrific! He reads each sentence with thorough understanding, and correct inflection, so it's very easy to listen to. And he does this thing that I love, where he changes the pitch of his voice for everything in quotes (from letters written by people from past ages). His talent is also reflect in the overall production quality: You don't hear a change in tone or sound in the middle of a paragraph (or sentence) that you might in other audio books, where the recording wasn't good enough, or the reader stumbled over his words or something, and they had to splice two clips together. With Crossley, it's as if he read the entire book perfectly in one sitting.
Super enjoyable
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Unbalanced History with Missing Important History
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