Welcome to Litsy!

Good old Uhtred, he never lets me down!
These past few years I've got into the habit of spending some time in his company over the winter solstice. This year he had to return early, his presence being requested elsewhere.

In this outing, England teeters between becoming a Christian Saxon kingdom and a pagan Danish one: Uhtred is instrumental in determining which. (As if his monstrous ego were not sufficiently inflated already, God love him! 🤣)

@Cuilin @dabbe Here are my selections for January's and February's #bookedintime themes.

January brings me a different Bernard Cornwell series, this time featuring Uhtred of Bebbanberg and Alfred the Great.

February isn't technically the 1917 revolution but the reign of Nicholas and Alexandra and the events leading up to it.

#Movie2BookRecs @Klou
Movie: 300

I love Jonathan Keeble, but even his narration cannot save Bernard Cornwell's writing for me. I am so bored by this story. I keep giving Cornwell a try because I'm fascinated by the time periods he writes about, but I'm disappointed almost every time. He's just not for me.

🎧 Jonathan Keeble raises the rating a full star! Fantastic!

This is an entertaining historical fiction based on Bernard Cornwall‘s actual family living in England during the 9th/10th centuries.

The story is told by Uhtred, a nobleman taken by Vikings as a child. He has no love for his King Albert & by the time he returns he‘s more Danish than English. The author knows how to stage a battle.

I bet this is an even better visual!

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This was definitely my favorite so far in the series. I‘m pleased to have Sitrich and Finan in the story finally.

Having been a fan of the show, I must say in reading about the taking down of Kjarten and his son, Sven was much more brutal in the book! I loved it!!! Nothing beats a good revenge story and they did it proper!

These books do differ from the show in many spots but I love them both separately so it all works for me.

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟the fluidity of the writing makes these books incredibly immersive. We fall in love with both sides of this bitter war between Saxon and Danes.

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Destiny is all!!! Huzzah! Every bit as good as the series♥️

I picked up book # 1 of the series after watching the entire series on Netflix with my husband. We found this series during our stay at home phase of the pandemic. We always sat at the edge of our seats watching every episode. So here is book number 1 of 7. Can‘t wait to start!