@MatthewHarffy Slowly expanding my historical fact to go with the fiction, would you recommend 'The King in the North' by Max Adams?
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Replying to @triciaapreston @MatthewHarffy
The King in the North is more travelogue than factual history. V good but v fictional in places!
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Replying to @coloursofunison @triciaapreston
let's face it, there's not a huge amount to go on, but he does make some leaps of faith.
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Replying to @MatthewHarffy @triciaapreston
A bit like Bede and the Anglo Saxon Chronicle? A 'type' of historical narrative that plugs gaps with fiction
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This said AS historians are all fanboys when it comes to Oswald when the true hero is Oswiu
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I don't like Oswiu, or Penda, though I admire Penda more. Both are grim in my books...
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Have to sit on one side of the fence, struggled with supporting Tancred in
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Replying to @triciaapreston @MatthewHarffy and
This is my review of The King in the North, from 2014: http://www.jamesaitcheson.com/2014/02/10/review-the-king-in-the-north-by-max-adams/ …
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And here is my review: http://bernicia-chronicles.blogspot.co.il/2015/03/review-king-in-north-life-and-times-of.html …
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Replying to @MatthewHarffy @JamesAitcheson and
Importantly it ignores 2 things and
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Not read, I fear, sorry!
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