My Dad got me into them, he's great. I've read a few Sharpe books, read all the Warlord Chronicles and now I'm on book 5 of the Saxon Stories. Uhtred is fuckin awesome.

So book readers, any of you read any of his books? If you're into history I highly reccommend them.

Warlord Chronicles are his best. Even he says they're his favourites. The rest is nice, fun, inoffensive reading. Nothing spectacular, but not offensive, and I do have a soft spot for Historical Fiction. You should check out the Sharpe TV series; Sharpe is played by Sean Bean. It's one of those rare things where Sean Bean doesn't die. Because he's Sharpe.

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Warlord Chronicles are his best. Even he says they're his favourites. The rest is nice, fun, inoffensive reading. Nothing spectacular, but not offensive, and I do have a soft spot for Historical Fiction. You should check out the Sharpe TV series; Sharpe is played by Sean Bean. It's one of those rare things where Sean Bean doesn't die. Because he's Sharpe.

The Saxon stories seem pretty offensive to Christians lol

Inoffensive in terms of writing and storytelling ability. He spins an engaging yarn.

I could care less about who the contents offend, lol

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Quote from: Elegiac on April 15, 2015, 12:29:30 AM

Warlord Chronicles are his best. Even he says they're his favourites. The rest is nice, fun, inoffensive reading. Nothing spectacular, but not offensive, and I do have a soft spot for Historical Fiction. You should check out the Sharpe TV series; Sharpe is played by Sean Bean. It's one of those rare things where Sean Bean doesn't die. Because he's Sharpe.

The Saxon stories seem pretty offensive to Christians lol

Inoffensive in terms of writing and storytelling ability. He spins an engaging yarn.

I could care less about who the contents offend, lol

Ohright, I think I prefer the Saxon ones because there are more of them and I've spent longer with Uhtred than Daerfel. If the Warlord trilogy was longer I'd probably prefer it. Derfel is way more honorable.

It's just a better piece of writing, probably his very best. That's my personal preference. Length doesn't matter overmuch to me. I feel like he more fully fleshed out his characters in Warlord within one book than he usually does with another set of characters in three books. I felt the full impact of their personalities and motivations within one or two chapters of meeting any of them, deeper exploration of character aside.