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Title: The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok

Author: Ben Waggoner - Translator

Narrator: Ray Chase

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-17-15

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 124 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Although based on historical persons from the ninth century, Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons are the subjects of compelling legends dating from the Viking era. Warriors, raiders, and rulers, Ragnar and his sons inspired unknown writers to set down their stories over seven centuries ago. This volume presents new and original translations of the three major Old Norse texts that tell Ragnar's story: The Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok, The Tale of Ragnar's Sons, and The Sögubrot. Ragnar's death song, the "Krákumál," completes the story. Extensive notes and commentary are provided, helping listeners enter the world of these timeless stories of Viking adventure.

Members Reviews:

Primordial fun

Viking sagas are rather baffling out of context, and there's no context offered in this audiobook. It starts telling you about some people. They do a lot of stuff (serpent-slaying, fighting and propagating, mostly). They have children, the children grow up and fight, propagate and slay more serpents. Things continue in this vein and then it stops.

This is not a complaint though. The translation is meaty and listenable, and the reader sounds like a viking. It's not too long, and individual stories within it are interesting. It's an intriguing journey into an alien world.

The reader reads the book a little too briskly for my taste, which doesn't suit the poetic nature of the language. I found that if I slowed him down to x0.75, he sounded fine and seemed to relish the words more.

If you like the History Channel's "Vikings"...

...Then you'll probably like this. It's a retelling of three surviving stories from Old Norse texts. Some of the characters from the show are there as viewers would know them; Others take different forms from story to story, but all have fates intertwined with Ragnar and his children. The seeds of the television show are definitely here, and Ragnar is no less enigmatic and entertaining than he is on television.

Short telling of the lothbrok saga..

. ..i love Viking history and mythology so this excerpt of it was a must for me to read. i found it surprising in content.. things in this story i never knew but also think some info was left out. maybe they weren't sure so didn't want to confuse us?? i do admit i don't have Another piece of work on Ragnar to compare it with but seem to think some info waz missing. otherwise good story and fine reader

calming

it's a very calm listen. it is very interesting to hear all the different tales

excellent narrorator very impressed

the story was slightly hard to follow at times content wise, however the translation was quite accurate and both translation and narration could not have been better! over all very good