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David McK (3425 KP) rated Raven: Blood Eye (Raven 1) in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
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Raven: Blood Eye (Raven 1)
Giles Kristian | 2010
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The first in a planned trilogy, Raven: Blood Eye is set during the early days of the Viking incursion into what would later become known as England. Pretty much the entire novel centres around one such such fictional raid: before, during and after the said event, with the subseqent sequels planning to 'open out' the Viking world.

If I had to compare it to other similar novels I've read, I would probably have to place it somewhere in the gap between Bernard Cornwell's (an author, incidentally, who Giles Kristian acknowledges as being part of his inspiration) series on Alfred the Great and Tim Severin's Viking books: not quite as polished as the former, nor as scholarly as the latter. Still an enjoyable enough read, though!
  
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Ray Winstone recommended The Vikings (1958) in Movies (curated)

 
The Vikings (1958)
The Vikings (1958)
1958 | Action, Classics, Drama
6.8 (4 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"Another film would be The Vikings, with Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis — with a Bronx accent, I guess, as a viking. But it’s a stirring film, you know, and one of the great films of the time."

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David McK (3425 KP) rated The Saxon Wolf (Fireborn #2) in Books

Mar 22, 2022  
The Saxon Wolf (Fireborn #2)
The Saxon Wolf (Fireborn #2)
Angus Donald | 2022 | Fiction & Poetry
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The second entry in Angus Donald's Fire Born series (after The Last Berserker: An action-packed Viking adventure) and, for some reason, I'm just not feeling it.

Unlike his eminently more enjoyable (IMO) Robin Hood stories, or even the Holcroft Blood trilogy.

I'm not sure why that is: set during the dark ages in and around the time of Charlemagne (a major recurring character), and featuring a reluctant Viking berserker you would think that this ticks all the boxes, as it were.

And yet, for some reason, it just didn't click for me.

Your mileage, of course, may vary!