It really is amazing. It's a legitimate masterpiece in story telling and character arcs.
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And it's mostly all true. Most of the characters and events actually existed.
I'm obsessed with the period between the fall of western roman empire and 1066. Reading about the restablishment of international civilization and the folks involved is just fuckin' incredible. I'm listening to The Rest is History pod re: the Franks now.
Yes. Very interesting times. When Rollo went to live in France with royalty. You could see he yearned for adventure and the battlefield. Felt bad for him