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Originally Posted by SeattleUte
Well, it's pulp fiction. He does it very well. It's just a matter of taste, really. In the two novels I read the main character was kind of a saint, he never really evinced a dark side or weakness. The Arthur figure was more interesting. I like dark, complex characters. I respect what he did depictig Arthur as a dark age warlord and stripping out the Christian gloss. But I do believe the historical Arthur was a Christian not a pagan, as he depicted.
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Utrid, definitely had a darkside.
When the woman he wishes to marry is considered married by proxy, he asks the priest if she's married, and the saint insists that she is, he kills the priest in front of priests and lords alike until he finds a priest who confesses she is not married.
None of the characters are flat, but instead engaging. It's a believable tale of how the characters may have interacted from time to time during the eighth century.