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Historical Facts And Allusions
Customers are highly impressed with the historical facts and allusions presented in the book, praising its accuracy and attention to detail. Some readers also appreciate the author's ability to bring the characters and their stories to life through his writing style.
Engaging Characters
Customers are highly engaged with the well-developed and intriguing characters in The Last Kingdom Saxon Tales Book 1, making for an immersive reading experience. Some readers were particularly drawn to Uthred's character development and found themselves invested in following his journey.
Hardcover Availability
Most customers are pleased with the hardcover availability of The Last Kingdom Saxon Tales Book 1, expressing their preference for this format and the books' excellent condition. However, a few customers were disappointed that maps and pronunciation guides were not included in the package.
Narrative Consistency With Show
Customers generally enjoy the narrative consistency between The Last Kingdom book series and the Netflix show, with many praising the books' vivid storytelling and immersive first-person narrative. However, a few readers find the lack of chapters challenging and difficult to keep track of the characters.
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Quality
Fantastic book that gives more detail than the show (though the show does a good job).
It always amazes me how authors, like b cornwell, can use words as an artist uses paint, to make abstract concepts into beautiful pictures.
Cornwell has only failed to impress me once and that was with sharpe.
Like many books made into tv or movies, the book is much betterwell written, twists and turns to keep it interesting, good feel... Read More
Price
So i got the hardcover copy so i’m happy i have it to read but for the price i paid and how it was advertised as brand new i do... Read More
However, the bargain is weighed in king alfred's favor.
Competitiveness
” it’s not conan the barbarian, but it’s closer to the latter than the former.
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great, historical, good and first. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 20,468 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 2 2024.
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Consistent with the show but with more detail of the early years
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But it provided necessary background on uhtred’s complicated relationship with the danes who kidnapped him but whom he loved
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The english were awfully tedious compared to the danes only interested in living a pious and studious life
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The danes were warriors and their interests were drinking whoring and fighting
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Uhtred’s coming of age among the danes was much more interesting than when he was forced back to alfred and his priests
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Cornwell has only failed to impress me once and that was with sharpe
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Only problem i had with this book is that around page 240 there was a printing error that reprinted the book from page 209240 then went on from page 273
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Just sucks i had to buy another copy so i could finish it thoroughly
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