Heimskringla: The Stories of the Kings of Norway, Called The Round World


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(3.4 stars; 8 reviews)

Heimskringla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈheimsˌkʰriŋla]) is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Iceland by the poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (1178/79–1241) ca. 1230. The name Heimskringla was first used in the 17th century, derived from the first two words of one of the manuscripts (kringla heimsins - the circle of the world).

Heimskringla is a collection of sagas about the Norwegian kings, beginning with the saga of the legendary Swedish dynasty of the Ynglings, followed by accounts of historical Norwegian rulers from Harald Fairhair of the 9th century up to the death of the pretender Eystein Meyla in 1177. The exact sources of his work are disputed, but included earlier kings' sagas, such as Morkinskinna, Fagrskinna and the twelfth century Norwegian synoptic histories and oral traditions, notably many skaldic poems. Snorri had himself visited Norway and Sweden. For events of the mid-12th century, Snorri explicitly names the now lost work Hryggjarstykki as his source. The composition of the sagas is Snorri's.

This solo is Volume 3-5 of The Saga Library by the same translators and is all three volumes of the Heimskringla (which are volumes 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Saga Library. Volume 6 is notes, index, appendices etc, and is not planned to be recorded). ( Wikipedia and Ærik Bjørnsson) (34 hr 23 min)

Chapitres

The Preface of Snorri Sturluson 6:51 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
The Story of the Ynglings, Part 1 - Chapter I-X 16:54 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
The Story of the Ynglings, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XXI 14:35 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
The Story of the Ynglings, Part 3 - Chapter XXII-XXIX 14:23 Lu par Ærik Bjørnsson
The Story of the Ynglings, Part 4 - Chapter XXX-XXXVIII 19:26 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of the Ynglings, Part 5 - Chapter XXXIX-XLIV 14:12 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of the Ynglings, Part 6 - Chapter XLV-LV 14:38 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Halfdan the Black 16:45 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 1 - Chapter I-X 17:16 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XX 21:33 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 3 - Chapter XXI-XXX 18:58 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 4 - Chapter XXXI-XL 23:16 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Harald Hairfair, Part 5 - Chapter XLI-XLVI 11:49 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Hakon the Good, Part 1 - Chapter I-XIII 21:16 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Hakon the Good, Part 2 - Chapter XIV-XXVII 28:44 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Hakon the Good, Part 3 - Chapter XXVIII-XXXII 19:41 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of King Harald Greycloak and of Earl Hakon son of Sigurd - Chapter I-… 37:06 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 1 - Chapter I-X 23:55 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XX 24:19 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 3 - Chapter XXI-XXX 17:30 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 4 - Chapter XXXI-XL 22:04 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 5 - Chapter XLI-L 24:21 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 6 - Chapter LI-LX 24:43 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 7 - Chapter LXI-LXX 17:43 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 8 - Chapter LXXI-LXXX 14:06 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 9 - Chapter LXXXI-XC 25:07 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 10 - Chapter XCI-C 21:10 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 11 - Chapter CI-CX 21:52 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf Triggvison, Part 12 - Chapter CXI-CXXII 21:39 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 1 - Chapter I-XV 25:26 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 2 - Chapter XVI-XXX 26:15 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 3 - Chapter XXXI-XLV 36:14 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 4 - Chapter XLVI-LX 37:07 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 5 - Chapter LXI-LXXV 53:59 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 6 - Chapter LXXVI-XC 46:00 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 7 - Chapter XCI-CV 1:01:45 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 8 - Chapter CVI-CXX 55:07 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 9 - Chapter CXXI-CXXXV 57:54 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 10 - Chapter CXXXVI-CXLIV 40:44 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 10 - Chapter CXLV-CL 39:45 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 11 - Chapter CLI-CLXV 58:36 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 12 - Chapter CLXVI-CLXXX 34:06 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 13 - Chapter CLXXXI-CXCV 45:44 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 14 - Chapter CXCVI-CCX 22:54 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 15 - Chapter CCXI-CCXXV 30:32 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 16 - Chapter CCXXVI-CCXL 32:23 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 17 - Chapter CCXLI-CCLII 23:46 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Holy, Part 18 - Chapter CCLIII-CCLXV 25:49 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Magnus the Good, Part 1 - Chapter I-XIII 26:51 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Magnus the Good, Part 2 - Chapter XIV-XXVI 24:39 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Magnus the Good, Part 3 - Chapter XXVII-XXXIX 25:21 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 1 - Chapter I-XIII 24:31 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 2 - Chapter XIV-XXVI 22:57 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 3 - Chapter XXVII-XXXIX 27:00 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 4 - Chapter XL-LIII 23:51 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 5 - Chapter LIV-LXVI 30:16 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 6 - Chapter LXVII-LXXIX 23:14 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 7 - Chapter LXXX-XCIII 23:05 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Harald the Hard-redy, Part 8 - Chapter XCIV-CVI 21:22 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Olaf the Quiet 19:19 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of King Magnus Barefoot, Part 1 - Chapter I-XIV 36:19 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of King Magnus Barefoot, Part 2 - Chapter XV-XXVIII 21:40 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Sigurd the Jerusalem-farer, Eystein, and Olaf, Part 1 - Chapter I-X 16:32 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Sigurd the Jerusalem-farer, Eystein, and Olaf, Part 2 - Chapter XI… 23:29 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Sigurd the Jerusalem-farer, Eystein, and Olaf, Part 3 - Chapter XX… 40:59 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Sigurd the Jerusalem-farer, Eystein, and Olaf, Part 4 - Chapter XX… 27:34 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Magnus the Blind and Harald Gilli, Part 1 - Chapter I-V 15:09 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Magnus the Blind and Harald Gilli, Part 2 - Chapter VI-XII 23:26 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Magnus the Blind and Harald Gilli, Part 3 - Chapter XIII-XVIII 16:59 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Ingi, Son of Harald, and his Bretheren, Part 1 - Chapter I-X 28:28 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Ingi, Son of Harald, and his Bretheren, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XXI 23:58 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Ingi, Son of Harald, and his Bretheren, Part 3 - Chapter XXII-XXXII 32:13 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Hakon Shoulder-Broad, Part 1 - Chapter I-X 22:42 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of Hakon Shoulder-Broad, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XXI 31:27 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of King Magnus, Son of Erling, Part 1 - Chapter I-X 22:50 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of King Magnus, Son of Erling, Part 2 - Chapter XI-XXI 21:49 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of King Magnus, Son of Erling, Part 3 - Chapter XXII-XXXII 18:02 Lu par Jim Locke
The Story of King Magnus, Son of Erling, Part 4 - Chapter XXXIII-XLIV 17:22 Lu par Jim Locke

Critiques


(3 stars)

I really wanted to listen to this book. The first reader was great but it was hard to follow and keep up with the narrative with the second reader.

ok


(3 stars)

The other reviewers are right that the main reader can be difficult to listen to but still, he did read out 34 hours of this text so for that I'm grateful.

bummer


(1.5 stars)

The guy reading it has a poor drone of a voice. too bad It started so well