Because I can’t get enough testosterone-soaked historical fiction lately, I’m listening to The Last Kingdom.


Because I can’t get enough testosterone-soaked historical fiction lately, I’m listening to The Last Kingdom. Finally got the audiobook from the library. I think it got popular after the show came out. The wait is not as long for the rest of the books thankfully. Really satisfies the craving for hot shieldwall-on-shieldwall action. And different enough from the show that I don’t think either spoils the other.

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  1. Jeremy MurphyOctober 19, 2017 at 9:13 AM

    That is the dumbest-ass shieldwall I've ever seen. I liked the book, though.

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  2. Casey G.October 19, 2017 at 9:17 AM

    The show is not very historical, design wise, it's true.

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  3. Jeremy MurphyOctober 19, 2017 at 9:40 AM

    Which is too bad, because the books have a lot of really cool elements that explain the constraints of historical warfare. Travel times, supplies, communications, difficulty of dealing with fortifications. So much stuff that many books just gloss over are essential considerations in Cornwell's novels.

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  4. James LaMannaOctober 20, 2017 at 8:00 AM

    Casey G. pick up The Religion. You will not be sorry.
    https://www.amazon.com/Religion-Novel-Tim-Willocks/dp/0374248656/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508511580&sr=8-1&keywords=the+religion

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  5. Casey G.October 20, 2017 at 8:06 AM

    I will check it out.

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  6. Jeremy MurphyOctober 20, 2017 at 8:50 AM

    Is there a second and third book in the Tannhauser trilogy?

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  7. Casey G.October 20, 2017 at 8:57 AM

    Looks like Twelve Children of Paris is the second one, and came out a few years ago. No third one yet.

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  8. James LaMannaOctober 20, 2017 at 8:57 AM

    I have not read the 2nd one yet

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