I so wanna see this
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BBC2 and BBC America are dramatising Bernard Cornwell's The Last Kingdom and I'm excited about it. 
I have been reading this series about The rise of Alfred the Great and the building of a united England against the invading Danes. I think there are eight books so far and no sign of them ending. The books are seen from the point of view of Uhtred, a Saxon nobleman, captured by Danes when he was a child and brought up by them. He rejects Christianity and follows the Danish gods, much to the annoyance of Alfred, who he eventually fights for. But his main goal is to eventually take back his ancestral home in Northumberland. The history in this is fairly accurate, in that many of the characters, battles and victories are real, but with that Cornwell twist of looking at history from a different point of view. Judging by the cast and the people making the show, it should be excellent. 
I have been reading this series about The rise of Alfred the Great and the building of a united England against the invading Danes. I think there are eight books so far and no sign of them ending. The books are seen from the point of view of Uhtred, a Saxon nobleman, captured by Danes when he was a child and brought up by them. He rejects Christianity and follows the Danish gods, much to the annoyance of Alfred, who he eventually fights for. But his main goal is to eventually take back his ancestral home in Northumberland. The history in this is fairly accurate, in that many of the characters, battles and victories are real, but with that Cornwell twist of looking at history from a different point of view. Judging by the cast and the people making the show, it should be excellent.
