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Nerdburger_Jansen posted:I suppose that, even if it's an antiquated view, I expect after reading a history to have the ability to articulate a general outline of major events and polities in a region. This book did not provide that. If a good modern history requires me already to know the outline, then I have to ask – where does the buck stop? I have to, at some point, actually be told who Harald Finehair and Harald Bluetooth are. This was a history of the Vikings which, shockingly, did not do that. Both Fairhair and Fine hair are slightly inaccurate but still commonly used forms, leaving the impression that his hair might have been unusually thin or light coloured. The most accurate would be something like Lovely-Locks or Good hair, but those haven't caught on.
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