I picked up an ARC of the Last Kingdom at the library sale in Woodstock, NY. I have a summer home in the area and raid the sales regularly. I keep a pile of reading material about 5 feet tall. I guess some reviewer tossed it in the bin at the library. I read about 50 novels a year. So far I find Uhtred to be an interesting character, as is the period. Far too few people write about the Norse, who had a dramatic influence on the world today. Their explorations alone are fascinating , considering they were some 600 years in advance of Columbus . with smaller ships and virtually no charts or instrumentation other than the stars. They originated representative government and elected councilmen. I see that there are more in the warrior series, so I guess I am hooked.
I have been into the Norse ever since reading Michaerl Crichton’s Eaters of the Dead in the 70’s . Great book, nobody read it.
Shakespeare was right about the lawyers. America would be a far better place if they were stricken with an occupational disease, like hoof and mouth, only worse.
Many thanks, Tak, Vielen dank, Muchas grasias for the type face . I can actually read it easily , without reading glasses that sooner or later destroy your eyeballs. For a half century I was blessed with 20-20 hindsight, which is gradually slipping, like everything else.
Arthur Frank