The Last Viking: King Harald III "Hardrada", the hero of a thousand battles (The Vikings)

Well written, easy for the average reader to understand these long ago events. I didn’t know so much fascinating detail existed from Viking times. It was interesting to read about the people and battle strategies of the time. Mr. Baillie is an impressive historian who makes history entertaining. I recommend all three books -- The Great Heathen Army (about Vikings in Britain), The Pagan Lords (in France and Spain), and The Last Viking (1013-1066 AD) – to get a solid understanding. The Last Viking fought in thousands of battles all over Europe! All of these books contain photos of how these locations look today, maps, illustrations, and artifacts. Now I have to check out his series about the Normans.

I must not have been paying attention when I purchased this. It is for very young children. The book is basically broad statements with nothing to support them. Illustrations are some photographs and some silly crayon drawings.However, I will put my thoughts in about the book. Just about every paragraph has at least one misspelling. The writing is of such low quality that I'm not going to donate it as I usually do for books I don't want to keep. I'm going to toss this in the recycle bin. I wouldn't want young children to be exposed to such poor quality writing because of my actions.

Dry reading

Rather moderate.