Can I Gush?
I just finished Bernard Cornwell's the Winter King, and it was SOOOOOO GOOOOOOD!!!
While it wasn't the King Arthur I grew up with (that is, knights riding around England saving damsels and slaying green giants and finding cups), and part of me did kind of miss that element of the stories, it was refreshing to have an Arthurian story set during the period he actually would have existed if he did exist at all (I'm pretty sure when if I ever meet the Doctor, one of the first places I'm getting him to take me is to see if Arthur was real, and I am enough of a nerd to admit that I am completely for real.).
Anyway, read it if you get a spare moment, it's really good and super badass.
You know what else is badass? I've been translating "the Battle of Maldon" for Old English, and Byrhtnoth (the 'th' is here because I don't have a thorn character on my keyboard [sad face]) is badass. like, super badass. Just sayin'.
Going to go try to do some homework. Keyword here being 'try'.
While it wasn't the King Arthur I grew up with (that is, knights riding around England saving damsels and slaying green giants and finding cups), and part of me did kind of miss that element of the stories, it was refreshing to have an Arthurian story set during the period he actually would have existed if he did exist at all (I'm pretty sure when if I ever meet the Doctor, one of the first places I'm getting him to take me is to see if Arthur was real, and I am enough of a nerd to admit that I am completely for real.).
Anyway, read it if you get a spare moment, it's really good and super badass.
You know what else is badass? I've been translating "the Battle of Maldon" for Old English, and Byrhtnoth (the 'th' is here because I don't have a thorn character on my keyboard [sad face]) is badass. like, super badass. Just sayin'.
Going to go try to do some homework. Keyword here being 'try'.