Today's read is all good fun with a strong dose of historical learning. If you have Netflix chances are you have seen the show-or at least seen the cover for it- of the the Viking series "The Last Kingdom". I am yet to watch the show but the novel of the same name and the series that follows is a rapid ride through some of the major battles fought between the Danes and the farming clans of pre-England while you learn a thing or too about what it may have been like to live in the cruel world of early middle ages.
The way Bernard Cornwell breaks down battle tactics from the time and the film like clarity of his massive action sequences is particularly special.