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The Song of Roland and Other Poems of Charlemagne [Audiobook] download free by Simon Gaunt

The Song of Roland and Other Poems of Charlemagne Audiobook download free by Simon Gaunt
  • Listen audiobook: The Song of Roland and Other Poems of Charlemagne
  • Author: Simon Gaunt
  • Release date: 2017/8/4
  • Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Language: English
  • Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
  • ISBN: 9780199655540
  • Rating: 9.17 of 10
  • Votes: 357
  • Review by: Kendrick Wilkinson
  • Review rating: 9.77 of 10
  • Review Date: 2018/11/9
  • Duration: 3H36M23S in 256 kbps (57.6 MB)
  • Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-21
  • You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MP3, FLAC, WAV, MPEG4, WMA, AU (compression TAR.BZ, JAR, LZ, BZ, ARC, RAR, ZIP)
  • Total pages original book: 288
  • Includes a PDF summary of 26 pages
  • Duration of the summary (audio): 18M41S (5.2 MB)
  • Description or summary of the audiobook: Charles the king, our emperor great,Has been a full seven years in Spain.As far as the sea he conquered this haughty land.Not a single castle remains standing in his pathCharlemagne (768-814) was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 and presided over a huge empire. He frequently appears in literature as a great warlord and pious crusading figure. In 778, the rearguard of Charlemagne's retreating army was ambushed and defeated at the battle of Roncevaux. This became the inspiration for songs and poems celebrating deeds of valour in the face of overwhelming odds, through the character of Charlemagne's nephew (the imaginary) Roland. The Song of Roland is themost stirring and moving epic poem of the European Middle Ages, offering a particularly heady mixture of history, legend, and poetry. Presented here in a lively and idiomatic new translation, the Song of Roland offers fascinating insights into medieval ideas about heroism, manhood, religion, race, and nationhood which were foundational for modern European culture. The Song of Roland is accompanied here by two other medieval French epics about Charlemagne, both of which show him to be a far more equivocal figure than that portrayed by the Roland: the Occitan Daurel and Beton, in which he is a corrupt andavaricious monarch; and the Journey of Charlemagne to Jerusalem and Constantinople, which gives the heroes of the Roland a comic makeover.
  • Other categories, genre or collection: Historical Adventure, Fiction In Translation, Poetry By Individual Poets, Medieval History
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  • Format: Paperback
  • Approximate value: 9.66 USD
  • Dimensions: 129x196x13mm
  • Weight: 200g
  • Printed by: Not Available
  • Published in: Oxford, United Kingdom

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