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Category Archives: Review
THE LAST KINGDOM 2, Episode 4
WE ARE HERE TO DO ALFRED’S BIDDING The title I’ve given this episode distills, I think, the moving force – not only in this episode, but in the entire series. Uhtred is the hero of the story, but the larger background … Read More
Posted in Review, The Last Kingdom
Tagged Aethelwold, Alfred Jewel, Anglo-Saxons, Beocca, Gisela, Guthred, history, King Alfred, Ragnar, Taefl, TV Series, Uhtred
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The Last Kingdom, Episode 8: The Battle of Edington
878 A.D. In the seventh week after Easter King Alfred rode to Ecbryht’s Stone…All those of Somerset came to meet him, and those of Wiltshire and Hampshire…they were glad of his coming. ..He went from that camp…to Edington, and there … Read More
Posted in Anglo-Saxons, History, Review, The Last Kingdom, UK, Vikings
Tagged Angl-Saxons, Battle, Book Review, King Alfred, Medieval, Review, TV Series, Uhtred, Vikings
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The Last Kingdom, Episode Five: Uhtred vs Ubba
Alternate Title: UHTRED vs UBBA, ODDA 1, ODDA2, ALFRED, LEOFRIC, MILDRITH, OSWALD…oh heck. UHTRED vs EVERYBODY Episode 5 begins with shipwreck and concludes with a very different kind of wreck. In between, our hero Uhtred covers a lot of ground … Read More
Posted in Anglo-Saxons, Books, Review, The Last Kingdom, UK, Vikings
Tagged King Alfred, Review, TV Series, Ubba, Uhtred
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The Last Kingdom, Episode 3: The New King of Wessex
Despite the fact that the main character of Bernard Cornwell’s books is our hero Uhtred, it is Alfred who is the focal character of this episode. Everything and everyone revolves around him, and actor David Dawson does a spectacular job … Read More
Posted in Anglo-Saxons, History, Review, The Last Kingdom, UK, Vikings
Tagged Anglo-Saxons, Battle, Bernard Cornwell, King Alfred, Ubba, Uhtred
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Review: The Ceremony of Innocence, a play written in 1968 by Ronald Ribman
It is Christmas Eve in the year 1013. The king of England, Ethelred, has retired to a cell in a monastery on the Isle of Wight. He is mournful, despairing, and self-exiled from his court and kingdom due to remorse … Read More
Posted in Anglo-Saxons, Art, History, Research, Review, Theatre, UK, Vikings
Tagged Aethelred, Anglo-Saxons, Art, Emma of Normandy, history, Medieval, Review
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Vikings 3, Episode X: THE DEAD
I cannot possibly write a review of this episode without including spoilers. So, if you do not want to know how Season 3 of The Vikings ends, please leave the room now. Are they gone? Right. In this episode King … Read More
Vikings 3, Episode IX: BREAKING POINT
A king is for glory, not for long life. Old Viking saying. The final image of the previous episode, ‘TO THE GATE’, is of a badly injured Ragnar vowing to conquer Paris. In this episode, the first image is, again, … Read More
Posted in Anglo-Saxons, History, History Vikings Review, Review, Vikings
Tagged Angl-Saxons, history, Medieval, Paris, Ragnar, Review, TV Series, Vikings
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Vikings 3, Episode VIII: TO THE GATE
“Paris,” Ragnar confides in a soliloquy to Athelstan near the end of this episode, “is everything you told me it would be.” As he promised, Ragnar has taken his fleet — and us — to Paris. More precisely, as this … Read More
Posted in History, History Vikings Review, Review, Vikings
Tagged Battle, Blackwater, historical, history, Medieval, Paris, Ragnar, Review, TV Series, Vikings
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Vikings 3, Episode VII: PARIS
In this week’s episode of the Vikings we have two story lines running side by side. In Frankia, Ragnar’s fleet arrives outside Paris. In England, King Ecbert introduces us to the word Bretwalda, and sends his son Æthelwulf to negotiate … Read More
Posted in Anglo-Saxons, History, History Vikings Review, Review, Vikings
Tagged Angl-Saxons, Ecbert, history, Medieval, Paris, Ragnar, Review, Set Design, TV Series, Vikings
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Vikings 3, Episode VI: BORN AGAIN
This week, an open letter to series writer, Michael Hirst. WARNING: SPOILERS! Dear Mr. Hirst, I have a bone to pick with you. Don’t worry, I am not going to call you out for going all George R. R. Martin … Read More
Posted in Anglo-Saxons, History, History Vikings Review, Review, UK, Vikings
Tagged Angl-Saxons, historical, history, Medieval, Ragnar, Review, TV Series, Vikings
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