AudioFile - Find your next great audiobook
Get our Newsletter

THE FALL OF TROY

by | Read by Michael Maloney

Fiction • 7 hrs. • Unabridged • © 2007

Heinrich Schliemann, nineteenth-century archaeologist, dedicated his life to excavating the ancient city of Troy. In Peter Ackroyd's intriguing novel, Schliemann is transformed into the larger-than-life figure of Heinrich Obermann, a man possessed of the same single-minded passion. However, Obermann's scholarship is questionable as he deliberately misinterprets or ignores any evidence disputing his theories. Portrayed from the perspectives of those around him--his Greek wife, Sophie (Schliemann's wife was Sophia), his Russian assistant, and an American archaeologist--Obermann emerges as a man obsessed, whose hubris becomes his undoing. Michael Maloney's performance is credible and his characters well-defined, but, as written, Obermann tends toward enthusiastic shouting. Because the narration and the conversations of others are delivered in normal tones, listening becomes problematic, requiring frequent volume adjustment. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine [Published: APR/ MAY 08]

Library Ed. • BBC Audiobooks America • 2007

CD ISBN 978-0-7927-5042-0 $64.95 • Six CDs

DD ISBN 978-0-7927-5130-4 $39.95

Advertisement Advertisement

Formats

Library Ed. • BBC Audiobooks America • 2007

CD ISBN 978-0-7927-5042-0 $64.95 • Six CDs

DD ISBN 978-0-7927-5130-4 $39.95

The latest audiobook reviews, right in your inbox.

Get our FREE Newsletter and discover a world of audiobooks.

Thanks!

Thank you for contacting us!

Our group will review and follow up within 72 hours.
Thanks for your interest!

Back Home ×

Thanks!

Thank you for signing up!

Our group will review and follow up soon.

Back Home ×