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Pros
They are descriptive and leave me feeling like i am there in the midst of it all. A very good read.
Bernard cornwell is well known for his historical novels of which this is one. He provides sufficient for the reader to have a concept of the times without going into tedious detail. As always, the politics of the 9th century is so fascinating. Bernar... Read More
The battle sequences are the best that there is. The storytelling is tense and entertaining but has moments that are funny too. The battles are fierce and vital for each campaign. The only downside for me is sometimes i find the battle scenes a little... Read More
Uhtred of bebbanburg, sword of the saxons seeks his destiny during this turbulent period walking the razor’s edge fighting friends and foes alike, and unable to trust no one. He has to navigate between rival claimants while also pinning for the opport... Read More
Cons
The novel was disjointed and lacked a cohesive focus. Same basic stories, but more dithering than usual.
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Wellmade good quality armour swords helmets all with gold and silver decoration
The sixth installment in the saxon chronicles series has the mighty warrior uthred dealing with the pending death of king alfre... Read More
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It starts off fast and never really lulls
Packaging/appearance
This is a continuation of the series by bernard cornwell and makes you feel like your back in the 800s
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The horrible pronunciations which also varied in horrible among the bad narrators was very distracting
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Perring at least read with some sort of passion as opposed to sellwood and lee whose quasimonotone voices were grating and put me to sleep
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It reads bebbanburg which is what it was in the time the novels are set
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So when the narrators keep changing in effect our heros voice keeps changing and in addition changes the pronunciation of other important characters names it throws me completely out of the story and back into real life
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
For instance uber started out sounding like 34oober34 then changed to 34ubber34 in book 7
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Our huge quiet warrior was 34steeappa34 then changed to 34staypa34 in book 6 now hes back to 34steeappa34 in book 7
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Somebody needs to be checking for consistency from book to book in this series
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