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Originally Posted by cstone

Anyone read Bernard Cornwell's Warrior Chronicles? Historical fiction by the same author as the Sharpe series but these are set in the war for England between the Saxons and the Danes around the time of Alfred the Great.

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Yes, I just read the latest one, The Empty Throne. I like them a lot. I thought the plots in the Sharpe series started getting a bit repetitive, but the Warrior Chronicles don't seem to suffer from that.

Watching the first season, at about episode four. (When) Does it pick-up?

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Originally Posted by Ah Pook

Watching the first season, at about episode four. (When) Does it pick-up?

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Keep watching. it's a slow boil till the buzzer goes off. That's all i'll say WITHOUT A SPOILER ALERT attached

Watched it last night. It is starting to really become a soap opera. However, the gals are pretty darn good looking. Needs more Viking violence and deeds of glory!

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Originally Posted by Dave

Been waiting for the new season, the DVR is set.



I haven't for that era, but imagine what one semi-auto AR could do in the American Revolution. All those British soldiers lined up in neat rows with bright red coats on, and only a Brown Bess to return fire.

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Try the 1632 series by Eric Flint. Excellent alternative history series involving a modern West Virginia town suddenly transplanted in Europe AD 1632.

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Originally Posted by Aloha_Shooter

Try the 1632 series by Eric Flint. Excellent alternative history series involving a modern West Virginia town suddenly transplanted in Europe AD 1632.

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Most excellent series. Waiting for the next to come out. The battle at the school when Gustavus & his crew arrive.

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Originally Posted by almostfree

Yes, I just read the latest one, The Empty Throne. I like them a lot. I thought the plots in the Sharpe series started getting a bit repetitive, but the Warrior Chronicles don't seem to suffer from that.

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That is next for me. I just finished Pagan Lord the 7th book. All of Cornwell's books have the same formula and they all rely on the same type of protagonist to lead you through the historical events Cornwell wants to describe. I have to take breaks from his books, because the patterns can become tiresome, but overall, I like Utred, Richard, Nathaniel, Thomas, etc... They have provided some very enjoyable travels through well researched actual history.

I realize there are people who like alternative history, but I just can't find the time to actually read enough real history to spend time on fiction fantasy passing itself off as what if history. Just my personal preference.

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Originally Posted by Ridge

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It's a wonderful place.

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Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo

It's a wonderful place.

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Aaah, Tahiti.