The History Book Club discussion

Tom wrote: "This section was nice..
'1066 and All That' pp 299

For months, the armies of rival brothers had faced one anpther across the raging torrents of the Dnieper. The yonger, Yaroslav, was nicknamed ..."

Good post Tom, have you found it to be an enjoyable read so far?

Finally finished! Too much else going on and a little distracted at the end. It was enjoyable overall, ups and downs like you said in a previous post. Found the Vikings and Rus to be some of the better ups.

One thing the book did was make me go search out for a title covering Harald Hardrada. So I ended up ordering a copy of this title:

by John Marsden

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "One thing the book did was make me go search out for a title covering Harald Hardrada. So I ended up ordering a copy of this title:

by John Marsden"

that looks interesting. I would like to read more on this era at some point.

Might try this one at some point:
by Snorri Sturluson

Looks like we both found some more books to read eh! :)

I realize that this read is over, but I am now about 1/4 the way through. Got caught trying to finish up several other books I've been reading. This is a good read, I don't remember this part of history (other than a mention of Charlemagne) being taught much in my secondary or university education. I am enjoying myself thus far. I do hope to finish this and then get caught up with the group read on A Distant Mirror The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman

Hi Kathy,

I'm sure you'll enjoy the book all the way to the end, it offers some fascinating insights to this period of history and made me rush off and order more books on subjects I wanted to read up on, have fun :)

Kathy, no matter what on the buddy reads whenever you get to the book, there will always be one of the moderators to chat with and we hope you are enjoying it.