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thewrongkenna's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
A little repetitive in parts and sometimes read like a list of facts but mostly a really informative and interesting read. Great narration
mikeiswhere's review
informative
3.5
Certainly an interesting read and ultimately I would recommend it as a good starting point for those interested in Northern history. This book is to my mind easily at its best when it is examining the lives of the people of the time, particularly the occasional snippets of the working people from different ages. Unfortunately those are quite few and far between, and for large sections this book falls into the common trap of listing successions of kings/governments and where they did or didn't travel to, and loses it's focus on the interesting evidence of the day to day life of the people of the north.
fran_gel's review
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
3.75
Learnt lots of cool new facts but the book did drag a bit