Any suggestions on some good fiction (historical or not) about Vikings?
Any suggestions on some good fiction (historical or not) about Vikings?
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Any suggestions on some good fiction (historical or not) about Vikings?
“Norse Mythology” by Neil Gaiman may not be quite what you are looking for, but it gives interesting insight into the mythology that shaped Viking culture.
Ohhh. This! Iād be up for a good read.
Jessica, are you on goodreads?
Yeah but in still learning how to use it lol
I found this.
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/15/top-10-books-about-the-vikings
Wonderful! Thank you so much!!
The last kingdom xx
The Netflix series is great!
Just finished the last episode of that show š very good
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102534.The_Sagas_of_Icelanders
I’ve been curious about this one! I’ve read a couple of Smiley’s other books and wondered about “Icelanders” ~ and why she was interested in this subject!
Magnus Chase by Rick Riordan
Omg circle of ceridwen a series by Octavia Randolph. Takes place when the Vikings were invading England. So good,historical fiction. I devoured all six books.
I know we are predominately book people, but I have a couple of youtube things that might be of interest (if you are interested in research more than story).
and this series is more to do with linguistics and mythology etc, but very interesting if you like that sort of thing.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXCxNFxw6iq-Mh4uIjYvufg
Lately I’ve been really into Norse mythology so any suggestions are appreciated! Thank you š
@Jessica You’re welcome. The youtube guy, Jackson Crawford has a translation of the Poetic Edda that you might be interested in.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00YZMA86A/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
As you can guess, I’m kind of interested in all that too š
It’s a new interest of mine sparked by a tv show but honestly I’ve been devouring everything I can find about the subject
Folowing.
Have you read the Kristrin Lavransdatter trilogy by Sigrid Undset? They were written in the 1920’s and Undset got the Nobel Prize for one (all?) of them. It’s set at the time in history when the Norwegians were still under Swedish control. Very good.
I read the first one, I keep meaning to go back to the series but it was really heavy…
It is, but things keep happening and it gets more interesting!
Itās definitely on my list of things to read when Iām done with school for good and I have time to do silly things like āread for pleasure without guiltā.
Ah, yes. But I’m retired now and get caught up reading books for my book group (I can only handle one), so now I’m looking forward to summer and finishing Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache Three Pines series!
I was about to suggest the same thing. Itās been years since Iāve read the series, but I have them, and I think Iāve just been inspired to read them again.
Bernard Cromwellās Saxon Tales series.
Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young is coming out next week and is a young adult historical fantasy about Vikings!
If you are interested in the Viking raids in 9th ce England, The Last Kingdom series by Bernard Cornwell is fantastic! The first book is a Netflix/bbc miniseries
I cannot believe I didn’t know that was a book series!
Itās a pretty prolific series too! So happy reading ?
Most definately. I know what I’ll be spending my book budget on next month!
Following
The Longships
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/15/top-10-books-about-the-vikings
Greenlanders was good!
Long Ships sounds like the best
Its s great book