Battle and warfare has always interested me and I love my archery, but since watching the Vikings TV show I have been drawn into this particular period of history. I don't believe everything I watch but I do think these series are a brilliant way to get people interested, whether they go on to do more research or not.
I do find it annoying when some people watch a TV series or read a book and believe it to be fact, but on the whole I think it makes people want to learn. Some people will say they find history boring or too difficult to remember all the facts and dates, then they watch one of these shows and they're interested. A lot of people just see history as what they had to learn in school and don't realise that it doesn't all have to be dates and learning a list of names etc.
I also really love Bernard Cornwell's book's. I started with The Grail Quest series as it about English archers and have since read The Warlord Chronicles. Both of these series were excellent and I feel like I learnt alot, not because I believe them to be fact but because it gave me a starting point for my research. Whenever I read about something interesting I thought to myself "I wander if that actually happened", and found out for myself. I can't wait to get started on The Warrior Chronicles next.
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