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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
adventurous
informative
slow-paced
{ 🎧 Embers of the Hands }
by Eleanor Barraclough
★ ★ ★ ★
Narrator(s): Eleanor Barraclough
Length: 10h 51m
Source: ALC - NetGalley, HighBridge Audio
Release Date: January 7, 2025
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Wow. This almost eleven hour audiobook was packed with information—most of which I’d never heard before.
Take every piece of Viking history you think you know and leave it suspended in the air because I’m fairly certain we’ve all gotten it wrong.
You see, “Viking” isn’t even technically correct because that was a made up name at one point for a specific group of people in the north Europe region. BUT because it’s been used for too long, it now encompasses all the Northern Europe nations when discussing the history.
Viking history includes families and women and cities. It includes humor and nicknames and rituals. It spans hundreds of years across many modern day countries. So if you ever want to learn more about the real history of Vikings, then this audio is for you!
𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩:
⚓️ historical nonfiction
⚔️ Viking era
⚓️ recently discovered history
⚔️ delves into the TRUE history of the time
{I received a complimentary copy of this audiobook. All reviews are my own.}
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Fascinating and well-written but I guess I just don’t care enough about Vikings to spend this much time with them. If you’re a history buff, I think you’ll like this one.
informative
medium-paced
Listened to the audiobook version, which was rather enjoyable! It was structured much like a podcast, with each chapter being related to a specific topic, like podcast episodes, which made it easy to listen in chunks as I commute to work.
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
informative
medium-paced
This was a New Year's Gift and I really enjoyed this. Barraclough tries to shed life on the everyday people of the Viking world, those who don't get their names in big epics; the farmers, the weavers, the women, the children, the slaves. The language is very approachable, the items she picks are relatable, and there's some nice wider-world references and context.
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
The narration was really fast. Overall it just wasn’t what I could focus on right now.
informative
medium-paced
I really wanted to like this book but I found it to be a mixture of dull and surface level.
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
adventurous
informative
slow-paced
A very interesting cultural history of the Vikings from about 900- 1400. I learned many interesting things such as the fact that board games were very popular among the Vikings. It was a slow read but worthwhile.