King Hereafter

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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…more
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 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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