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Everyday Life in Medieval London
- From the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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Summary
Our capital city has always been a thriving and colorful place, full of diverse and determined individuals developing trade and finance, exchanging gossip and doing business. Abandoned by the Romans, rebuilt by the Saxons, occupied by the Vikings and reconstructed by the Normans, London would become the largest trade and financial center, dominating the world in later centuries. London has always been a brilliant, vibrant, and eclectic place—Henry V was given a triumphal procession there after his return from Agincourt and the Lord Mayor’s river pageant was an annual medieval spectacular. William the Conqueror built the Tower, Thomas Becket was born in Cheapside, Wat Tyler led the peasants in revolt across London Bridge and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales was the first book produced on Caxton’s new printing press in Westminster. But beneath the color and pageantry lay dirt, discomfort and disease, the daily grind for ordinary folk. Like us, they had family problems, work worries, health concerns and wondered about the weather.
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- Gemma
- 12-02-24
Very interesting and well read
Interesting and well read. I had read the physical book some years ago but found the audio in the plus catalogue and thought I'd refresh the book in my mind. I love the details of the everyday of history, and the concentration on what life was like for "normal" people, as so much time is given to the nobility/royalty of history. fascinating facts and told often with a humorous bent
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- Gorgona
- 11-06-23
Good book, awful reader
Toni Mount is an excellent author, so it makes it even more of a pity that the reader is very bad. She had bad diction, as if she has food in her mouth, words such as "were" and "would" sound the same and she pronounces Rochester as "Wochester". I'll persevere with a book, but my god the narration is very irritating at times! Please don't give this lady any more books to record.
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- Bex
- 05-10-22
Brought it to life
Very enjoyable listen and really brought to life the differences through the medieval period through the different Kings and Queens. London and the changes to people living in that area. The changes to building and their uses and trades available.
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- Tone
- 07-12-23
Narrator is in rhe wrong job
After slogging through Amy Licences' "Son of York" im shocked to find that another history book has come again with this dreadful narrator who talks as if she's reading to a children's group.
i cannot take her seriously with the ridiculous childish tone but also the boring monotonous delivery.
she should be narrating children's books or YAF.
But non fiction is completely the wrong genre.
what a waste
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- 13-05-24
It is an insightful history, there was more to the medieval period than I had thought.
The performance of the reading is not as engaging as it might have been. A pity.
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- El
- 03-04-24
This is not about everyday lives
The narrator for the book is poor and it’s hard to keep up with the narrative. The voice is jumpy sounds a little like an automated voice.The title is also ‘everyday’ there’s very little about everyday Londoners. It’s more about the comings and goings of kings of England. Disappointing, but I love this period in history!
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- Anonymous User
- 07-09-24
Well read and researched
This book discussed every day life in both a well written, entertaining and informative way
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- Tom Clementson
- 15-04-24
Hard to listen to - monotone awful narration
Story doesn’t flow - plenty of better books on the topic.
Does not hold interest, facts could be explained interestingly in the life of the people but sadly it’s just a dissertation ,
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- Rebecca
- 07-01-24
Unlistenable
Might be good but the narrator is absolutely awful. Slightly better if you speed it up. Why would anyone release a terribly read audio book?!
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- Kindle Customer
- 16-07-24
Awful narration
Narration was awful. The narrator's intonation was strange and this, combined with her inability to pronoune the letter 'r' plus a lisp meant her reading varied from irritating at best to unintelligible at worst.
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