Review: Historically adept - Recommended.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 5, 2012
I enjoyed this tale of forbidden love by Robin Ingle. It's written in a low-key style without the false highs and lows of most Viking genre writing and I appreciated this approach. The story deals with an aspect of Viking history rarely mentioned - the use of thralls or slaves from distant parts of the world.Without spoiling the story, Tyrker is one such thrall and his master is a famous Viking explorer, Erik the Red (or Eirik as the story ahs it). Tyrker falls for someone he should not and the storyline deals with the result of this transgression.If I have a criticism it is that I have also read Ingle's 'The Hunt' and I would rather have seen a novel using this realistic approach to Viking history, rather than a series of shorts.That's not take anything away from 'Tyrker's Tale' - the story is well worth the discerning reader's attention and well written; which is why I gave it 5 stars. Recommended.