The Sons of Godwine

I am always cautious about reading books to do with the Godwinsons as I get upset with the historical outcome: I am an admirer of Harold. This book is interesting as it tells the story prior to the Norman invasion by William the Bastard, Duke of Normandy, and does so by having each of the sons talk t......more

Ay, the Sons of Godwine! We get a good inside scoop into the family through various viewpoints of Godwine. Harold, Tostig, Sweyn, Leofwine, and Wulfnoth. Each point of view adds a depth to a dynamic story. The narrator Kevin E. Green again does a fantastic job of voicing each, character, male and fe......more

This book made history even more enjoyable than it is to me, and much more enjoyable for those who find it somehow boring. Told in first person from the perspective of each Godwine brothers, it engages the reader not only because of the way the story is told, but also thanks to a great narrator, who......more

I read about half of it then quit as the writing wasn't good enough to hold my interest and I'd read enough excellent nonfiction of the Godwins that it had nothing new to add, even as a dramatization.......more