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2641678

Anonymous Tue May 15 08:30:26 2012 No.2641678 [Reply] [Original]

Are there any top rated historic fiction books about Vikings akin to Shogun by Clavell for example?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 08:40:25 2012 No.2641686 bernanrd cornwell

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 08:44:25 2012 No.2641689 THE LONG SHIPS just go read it right now you can thank me later

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 08:47:25 2012 No.2641692 File: 55 KB, 312x500, 9781590173466.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Please don't say "top rated" ever again.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 09:15:30 2012 No.2641708 >>2641692 Well so sorry I dont know what else to say Im a novice reader I know Shogun is 'highly regarded' when it comes to Jappo historic fiction I just want a book like this thats all

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 09:29:30 2012 No.2641721 >>2641678 Vinland Saga. Both the book and the manga.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 09:30:30 2012 No.2641723 File: 34 KB, 335x500, Sagas of the Icelanders Jane Smiley.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 10:56:30 2012 No.2641817 "The Last Light of the Sun" by Guy Gavriel Kay. It is not really historical fiction, more like alternate-history historical Fantasy, but still pretty good.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 11:05:31 2012 No.2641831 >>2641692 Are you inbred?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 11:49:55 2012 No.2641875 >>2641678 The Long Ships is usually celebrated as one of the best swedish books.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 12:35:54 2012 No.2641910 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snorri_Sturluson Doesn't write much about the wild raids (burning, raping, kidnapping etc) - but his sagas are among the "top rated":

>>	Anonymous Tue May 15 13:20:54 2012 No.2642000 Asterix and the Vikings