charl_einhd_0712_librivox Einhard audio librivoxaudio audio_bookspoetry opensource_audio <a href="http://librivox.org/">Librivox</a> recording of <a href="http://librivox.org/the-life-of-charlemagne-by-einhard/">The Life of Charlemagne</a> by Einhard [Translated by Samuel Epes Turner] Read by LibriVox Volunteers Einhard was employed by Charlemagne as a court historian. At the request of Charlemagne's son and successor Louis the Pious, he wrote a biography of Charlemagne, the Vita Karoli Magni or Life of Charlemagne (c. 817–830), which provides much direct information about Charlemagne's life and character. In composing this he made full use of the Frankish Royal annals. Einhard's literary model was the classical work of the Roman historian Suetonius, the Lives of the Caesars. (adapted from Wikipedia) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit <a href="http://librivox.org/">librivox.org</a>. 2007-12-16 2007 Charlemagne; Einhard; biography; history; medieval history; Franks; LibriVox; audiobooks http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ 1 1 2007-12-16 14:44:58 info@librivox.org librivoxbooks librivoxbooks 2007-12-16 15:06:35 2007-12-16 15:19:26 LibriVox Librivox recording of a public-domain text <a href="http://librivox.org/">LibriVox</a>Recording of "Life of Charlemagne", by Einhard. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit <a href="http://librivox.org/">LibriVox</a> 2007-12-16 18:45:02 librivoxbooks