Category: The Vikings

Review: The Pagan Lord – Bernard Cornwell

Posted on by Speesh in Anglo-Saxon, Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Vikings, Viking Britain

When Bernard Cornwell is on form, he can be at least as good, if not a whole lot better, than most everyone else. When he's ticking over, he's also a whole lot better than a whole lot of other writers in the Historical Fiction field.

Review: Hereward: End Of Days – James Wilde

Posted on by Speesh in Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Robin Hood, The Norman Conquest, The Vikings

Hereward 3 My version: HardbackGenre: Historical Fiction, 1066, EnglandPublisher: Transworld, Random HouseFirst published: 2013ISBN: 978-0-593-06502-0Bought, signed From the cover:"1071. Five years have passed since the Norman's crushing victory at Hastings. England reels under the savage rule of its new king, the one they call 'the Bastard.' the North has been left a wasteland - villages … Continue reading Review: Hereward: End Of Days – James Wilde →

Review: Hereward – James Wilde

Posted on by Speesh in Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Vikings

Series: Hereward 1 My version: HardbackGenre: Historical Fiction, Hereward, 1066, the Norman conquestPublisher: Transworld PublishersFirst published: 2012ISBN: 9780553825169Pages: 480Bought From the cover:"1062, a time many fear is the End of Days. With the English King Edward heirless and ailing, across the grey seas in Normandy the brutal William the Bastard waits for the moment when he can … Continue reading Review: Hereward – James Wilde →