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Merissa (12902 KP) created a post

May 19, 2025  
"As well as the Viking folklore, we got a paranormal element too!" - @Debbiereadsbook

Review & #Giveaway: Wolf of the Nordic Seas (Valiant Vikings #2) by Jennifer Ivy Walker - #VikingRomance, #Historical, #Fantasy, 3 out of 5 (good)

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Merissa (12902 KP) created a post

Jun 18, 2025  
"Trouble brews when Harald and Selia learn the lands come with an unexpected millstone—an unsolved murder."

Excerpt: Ravens Hill (The Atheling Chronicles #5) by Garth Pettersen - #TheCoffeePotBookClub, #BlogTour, #Vikings, #Historical, #Mystery,

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Vikings: A History of the Viking Age
Vikings: A History of the Viking Age
Robert Carlson | 2015 | History & Politics
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This book provides a short introduction to the Vikings - showing they are much more than just horned helmets and pillaging. Giving you an idea of what day-to-day life might have been like, as well as hearing about the explorers and adventurers too, this history book gives you more of a well-rounded idea of the world of the Vikings. This in no way gives you all the information you may want, but for a brief introduction then I can definitely recommend it.

* I received this book from Hourly History in return for a fair and honest review. *

Merissa
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Apr 22, 2016
  
Raiders of the North Sea
Raiders of the North Sea
2015 | Medieval, Nautical
The Simplistic game play.... put one out, take one back, two actions. (3 more)
Turns are quick
options are limited by what you did last turn, makes you plan
there are expansions for it too
nothing yet. (0 more)
Great game of Vikings sacking the north! Amazing push and pull, and resource management
  
Vikings  - Season 1
Vikings - Season 1
2013 | Action, Drama, History
Violent and oh so good.
I first saw the ads for Vikings right before the show premiered and from the first episode I was HOOKED!
  From start to finish each episode is a roller coaster the characters are all really interesting, the costumes are amazing, and the setting and props are even better.
  
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Merissa (12902 KP) created a post

Nov 10, 2021  
"His is a story of a boy who was a slave, who became a warlord, and who helped topple an empire."

Tour: The Lords of the Wind (The Saga of Hasting the Avenger #1) by C.J. Adrien - @Archaeolibrary, @maryanneyarde, @authorcjadrien, #CoffeePotBookClub, #BlogTour, #HistoricalFiction, #Vikings,

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Merissa (12902 KP) created a post

Jan 16, 2025  
"There is violence here, but these are Vikings, after all, fighting for the things and people they love." - @Debbiereadsbook

Review & #Giveaway: Dragon of Denmark by Jennifer Ivy Walker - #Viking, #Romance, #Paranormal, #Fantasy, 4 out of 5 (very good)

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Vikings  - Season 1
Vikings - Season 1
2013 | Action, Drama, History
Historically Accurate in terms of culture (2 more)
Doesn't hold back on the gore and grim nature of Vikings
Great Character development
Doesn't hold back on the gore and grim nature of Vikings (not for the light hearted) (0 more)
A Historically accurate fantasy series
Vikings was a show that I didn't begin watching until it was already 3 seasons in. However it is a show that I instantly fell in love with because it was very different from any show like it.

Many shows these days such as Game Of Thrones and Vikings, etc. are becoming more daring with reaching a specific audience rather than the wider audience gained through less graphically violent shows. These shows are not afraid to show us a blade slicing through someones flesh or the blood pouring out of the wounds.

Vikings, as known throughout history, have been recorded as violent and brutish warriors who slaughtered hundreds of men and women during their travels to England and other European lands. The show does not hold back when it comes to portraying their brutality in battle. It is not all brutality and war though, as the drama aspect of this show, is shown through the main cast in their homeland of Scandinavia.

Ragnar is definitely a great character to follow as we watch him rise to become Jarl of his home town. Portrayed by Travis Fimmel (Warcraft: The Beginning / The Baytown Outlaws), the character of Ragnar Lothbrok is one we see develop in many different ways. Based upon the legend of a man of the same name, who, though recorded throughout history, is a character that some historians are unsure existed, thought his sons are definitely recorded to have existed. The only way I can explain this is that his legend is so incredible that there are some who chose to believe it and others who chose to believe it is simply stories made up by travelers and poets.

Either way, this show is a brilliant fantasy drama that combines fiction with historical accuracy. This first season follows Ragnar as he begins his journey to defy the Jarl of Kattegat and sail towards England to raid, pillage and bring back treasure unlike anything the north had ever seen.

The soundtrack to the series is also brilliant and really brings the scenes of the films to life, and give them a beautiful atmosphere that sucks you into the moment, and leaves you on the edge of your seat.

With a great cast, excellent writers and great directing and cinematography, Vikings is beautiful, thrilling and horrifying and certainly, in my opinion, one of the greatest shows I have ever watched.