The Northman: bringing the Viking world to life on screen
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Slash History Extra
The story comes from an early thirteenth century history of the danes s by saxo grammaticus. It's a prince who avenges the murder of his father by his uncle, with complicated sub plots of romantic entanglement and madness. There is this this idea of a fate, of something that you can't escape, although you might try. They're quite laconic. And many of them, in various ways, are about revenge.
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