Vikings

[GodShifter]

Ragnar is, essentially, the King Arthur of Norse lore. There's no hard evidence that he really existed. Rollo, on the other hand, is a real figure. His great great grandson (or something like that) became William the Conqueror who won the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

[Jor el]

[GodShifter]

If you guys like this stuff you should read some of the Bernard Cornwell books. Like this, only real.

I've read his Starbuck Chronicles. I liked them.

[black]

Fuck Starbucks and their overpriced, fancy pants, mythological coffee.

[juan11]

Yeah, I went down a wiki worm hole with that shit yesterday, GS-- had a dozen tabs open on every possible tangent you can (not even) think of.  I know at least some history of most parts of the world, but not much about Scandinavia at all.  It's cool to plug all the timelines together.  Weed!

[juan11]

So, if this goes right, Rollo is gonna marry that Frankish princess and rule some part of northern France later?

Where do I get the uncensored ones?  I need to squirm through the blood eagle.

[juan11]

http://www.bernardcornwell.net/series/the-saxon-stories/
^^^/quote


Woh.

[black]

^^came for the thin lipped, crust punk-ish, attractive viking women/stayed for the Norse history.^


*respect*

[juan11]

Ha!  Pretty much.   

[black]

 

[Dylan Thomas]

Very bloody. Is the historical-fiction accurate on this show or is it all fantasy?

It's based on an old epic, which is a fictionalized version of the history to begin with.


And it's not particularly faithful to the epic even.


It's a decent show, I really like parts of it.  Some episodes are hit, some are miss for me.

[MichaelZodiac]

Yeah, Bernard Cornwell is definitely a good suggestion for fans of this show. His Arthur books are great too.

[sleestak]

I thought it looked cool and then they introduced that Floki character ship builder in the first episode so I turned it off.   Admittedly I am a TV prude.