Author: Francis Barton Gummere
Narrator: Bruce Lieberman
Unabridged: 2 hr 14 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Published: 08/26/2020
Genre: Poetry - Epic
The great drinking hall, Heorot, provides merriment for warriors and wenches alike. But it provokes only avenging rage from swamp creature Grendel. Now, in sixth-century Denmark’s darkest hour, a light of hope comes in the warrior Beowulf of the Geats. With his quest to defeat Grendel and his vengeful demon mother, Beowulf embarks on a journey from the murky lagoon to the throne of the Geats.
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