{"id":13433,"date":"2022-04-15T11:48:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T09:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=206134"},"modified":"2022-04-15T12:08:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T10:08:07","slug":"the-northman-bringing-the-viking-world-to-life-on-screen","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/the-northman-bringing-the-viking-world-to-life-on-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Northman: bringing the Viking world to life on screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Ellie Cawthorne\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 15 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>A blood-splattered slice of Viking action has arrived in UK cinemas with the release of Robert Eggers\u2019 new saga-inspired epic, <em>The Northman<\/em>. 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