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Title: Last of the Amazons
Author: Steven Pressfield
Narrator: Christine McMurdo Wallis, Alyssa Brensnahan, George Guidall
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-13-11
Publisher: Recorded Books
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 89 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Steven Pressfield is the internationally best-selling author of Gates of Fire and Tides of War. An epic of love and war, Last of the Amazons is a gripping, imaginative novel of the ancient world filled with Pressfields trademark extraordinary attention to detail. In the time before Homer, the legendary Theseus, king of Athens, journeys to the nation of proud female warriors whom the Greeks called Amazons.
Members Reviews:
Truly spellbinding
I felt like I was sitting around a camp fire, listening to the most riveting tale of love, hate, honor, and valor. My heart beat faster at the climax of the story, I feared for the characters when they were wounded, and rejoiced when they struck a victory.
Another good book from Pressfield
Would you consider the audio edition of Last of the Amazons to be better than the print version?
I think so
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
The Amazons and the battle. Least would be the characters form of story tellers.
What about the narratorss performance did you like?
There are several and they were all good.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
The Amazons!
My favorite book
I discovered this book by chance at the library. I couldn't get enough of the story, the characters, the action, the tragedy, the love. I borrowed it over and over, skipping to my favorite passages. I finally bought a copy and have read it dozens of times. The audible version is fantastic, having several narrators helps when the POV changes, and they tell the story with real emotion.
Steven Pressfield is mortal
Would you try another book from Steven Pressfield and/or the narrators?
I really like the narration. The reading is excellent. I just didn't like the story, and in a way, that affected the performance (for me, anyway).
Steven Pressfield is one of the greatest writers alive, but this one was not his best IMO.
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
Less dour, I guess
Have you listened to any of the narratorss other performances before? How does this one compare?
The narrator (the first one, the one is the sample clip) is an excellent narrator. She reads poetry for Poetry Magazine (if I'm not mistaken) and she really helps me understand the underlying messages.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Mild disappointment
Pressfield at his best! A Great Ancient Novel.
I believe that this book was written before his pinnacle work, The Gates of Fire, but Pressfield's take on the Amazons is one of the finest historical fiction novels I have read...and I have read quite a few. I wrote a long passionate review of this book but scrapped it to simply say that I am so pleased I got the audio version of this book even though I read it years ago. The level of detail on every subject brought up in the book makes this journey a truly fascinating, rewarding, deep-breathing and supremely rich read and experience. I have read all of his work and it is easy to understand why it would be very difficult to follow any of his work, from this book through to his Rommel book that could reach the heights he attains in this book. Obviously, this is my cup of literate tea.
