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The Triumph of the Moon

A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft

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The Triumph of the Moon

By: Ronald Hutton
Narrated by: Bruce Mann
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Ronald Hutton is known for his colorful, provocative, and always exhaustively researched studies on original subjects. This work is no exception: the first full-scale scholarly study of the only religion England has ever given the world, that of modern pagan witchcraft, which has now spread from English shores across four continents. Hutton examines the nature of that religion and its development, and offers a microhistory of attitudes to paganism, witchcraft, and magic in British society since 1800. Village cunning folk and Victorian ritual magicians, classicists and archaeologists, leaders of woodcraft and scouting movements, Freemasons and members of rural secret societies, all appear in this book. Also included are some of the leading figures of English literature, from the Romantic poets to WB Yeats, DH Lawrence, and Robert Graves, as well as the main personalities who have represented pagan witchcraft to the world since 1950.

(P)2021 Tantor Europe Great Britain Magic Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts Religious Studies England Witchcraft Magic Users Middle Ages
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seriously. read other reviews. cant get into book due to the terrible naration. asked for credit to be returned. Prof H , should have read it yourself

terrible naration

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I have no idea if this is a good book as the narrator killed it for me. This "narrator" doesn't actually narrate the book - he just speaks each word in one long monotone. Grab anybody off the street and ask them to read the book out loud and they will do just as good or better a job. I am asking for a refund as I cannot understand how audible can use such a robotic narrator.

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Great book. But the narrator is so bad its impossible to listen to. Try and read it because this is dreadful on audio

Terrible narrator

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Triumph of the Moon is a wonderful book, but the narrator is monotonous and makes it impossible to listen to this audiobook. I had to check it was a computer generated voice. Do yourself a favour and buy the paper version..

The reader is insufferable

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Hutton's works, including this, come from a high level of expertise and knowledge. What he maps out here weaves a narrative through a complex subject that is easy to follow.

It is a shame that the audio narration is (or at least sounds) artificial. Many words are pronounced phonetically, as is the way with screen reader and similar software. In this regard, Hutton's written voice is somewhat lost in the robotic delivery. It's a shame, because Hutton himself is a great speaker.

Expert material ruined by artificial narration

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