American rewriting of history (again)

The_BT_General

This review is more an objection of the departure from true history than a marked comment on the show itself.... I love the characterisation, sets and plot...

But the show has now lost me as it's story arc has gone from Ragnar's adventures (historical legend, no factual base so OK to dramatise) into tampering with the actual, true historical timeline. King Ecbert was long dead when the great heathen army landed (so was Aethelwulf!!). Anyone remember Aethelred the Unready??

To be honest to the real history the show should begin with a warning "Beware real history has been warped to suit our script"

See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Æthelwulf, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_the_Great etc

Likewise the show seems to neglect all the other brothers of Alfred- who were all kings in their own right...

The saddest thing of all is that this TV series will now become the "true" history and the thousands of people who get their world view through TV shows will now believe this timeline... shame on you script writers, shame!

score 7/10

The_BT_General 17 February 2017

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw3641173/