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BOOK REVIEW: Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell

Hello everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today I am reviewing Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell, the third installment of The Saxon Stories series. Read my review for The Last Kingdom, the first book of this series, here. My review for The Pale Horseman is found here. Like all my reviews, this review has spoilers. “I hated Alfred. He was a miserable, pious, tight-fisted king who distrusted me because I was no Christian, because I was a northerner, and because I had given him his kingdom back at Ethandun. And as reward he had given me Fifhaden….

Jan 31, 2022
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BOOK REVIEW: The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell

Hello everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today I am reviewing The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell. This book is the first installment of The Saxon Stories. However, the series was renamed The Last Kingdom after the premiere of the TV show on BBC America based on these novels in October 2015. I will talk both about the books and the TV adaptation here wherever relevant. Broadly speaking, The Last Kingdom series can be summarized as the story of Alfred The Great and how he and his descendants repelled the Viking invasion of Britain, united the four kingdoms of…

Sep 22, 2021
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JUNE WRAP UP: What I Read This Month

Hello everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. In this post, I will be doing a wrap up of all the books I read in June. This month I read a lot more books that I did not like. I read six books this month. These reviews have spoilers: 1. The Land Beyond The Sea by Sharon Kay Penman This book is very long, and it has very small font. It took me more than two weeks to finish it. Set in the Holy Land or Outremer, this book relates the events leading up to the Third Crusade. That is,…

Aug 9, 2021
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