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The Last of the Wine
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins
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Alexias, a young Athenian of good family, grows up just as the Peloponnesian War is drawing to a close. The adult world he enters is one in which the power and influence of his class have been undermined by the forces of war, and more and more Alexias finds himself drawn to the controversial teachings of Sokrates.
Among the great thinker's followers, Alexias meets Lysis, and the two youths become inseparable, wrestling together in the palaestra, journeying to the Olympic Games, and fighting in the wars against Sparta. On the great historical canvas of famine, siege, and civil conflict, their relationship captures vividly the intricacies of classical Greek culture.
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- Kenneth
- 12-08-2016
The flaw in the glass
Mary Renault's ability to allow her readers to enter into the reality of historical events through the lives of ordinary people is unsurpassed, and a master in telling a story. The Last of the Wine is a masterpiece, and long acknowledged as such. My hesitation with this audiobook is that its narrator, although at times very good, too often misses the tone of the characters to whom he gives a voice. Not only does the variety of tones (which is, in theory, an excellent approach) sometimes ring falsely, – at least to my ear – but the tone often used for the narrator, Alexias, too often does not convince, particularly when engaged in dialogue. However, the stature of the book itself is sufficient to allow us to tolerate flaws in the performance.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-08-2022
They don’t write them like this anymore!
A trip into ancient Rome where you feel like you are there … awesome story telling.
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