King Hereafter

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by Dorothy Dunnett

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Are we going to go chapter by chapter, or just the entire shebang in one go? Either way, can't wait, I will start re-reading now!
Inge Braun go ahead. this book is like a tsunami anyway. sweeps you of your feet.
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Oh please, please tell me that some brilliant and meticulous person is writing/has written a thoroughly annotated edition of this difficult work. When can I hope to understand wth is going on in this book?
Jimmy Van Pfauen I'm reading it right now and it is really hard to understand - but very informative too.

I'd say go with this:
- Thorfinn/MacBeth is portrayed as a Jesu…moreI'm reading it right now and it is really hard to understand - but very informative too.

I'd say go with this:
- Thorfinn/MacBeth is portrayed as a Jesus like figure. We see his deeds through the eyes of other characters.
- So many things are left to interpretation. Thorfinn seems to be very ironic or laconic. But he seems also have a lot of doubts. And he is rather be a viking than a christian king (a lot of potential there which could've been explored better I'd argue).
- First it's about Orkney, than Alba, than the introduction of the Church in Alba. That's what I gather after 560 pages.
- You can really skip a lot of names and characters if you understand that England is the main enemy because of the uncertainty there and the church's influence in Alba is via England.(less)
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