The Last Viking: The True Story of King Harald Hardrada
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Harald Sigurdsson burst into history as a teenaged youth in a Viking battle from which he escaped with little more than his life and a thirst for vengeance. But from these humble origins, he became on...
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Harald Sigurdsson burst into history as a teenaged youth in a Viking battle from which he escaped with little more than his life and a thirst for vengeance. But from these humble origins, he became one of Norway's most legendary kings. The Last Viking is a fast-moving narrative account of the life of King Harald Hardrada, as he journeyed across the medieval world, from the frozen wastelands of the North to the glittering towers of Byzantium and the passions of the Holy Land, until his warrior death on the battlefield in England. Combining Norse sagas, Byzantine accounts, Anglo-Saxon chronicles, and even King Harald's own verse and prose into a single, compelling story, Don Hollway vividly depicts the violence and spectacle of the late Viking era and delves into the dramatic events that brought an end to almost three centuries of Norse conquest and expansion. 'The Last Viking reads like the sagas on which it is based. It's Beowulf on steroids, laced with purple prose ...This book is great fun,' Gerard DeGroot, The Times.
Detaljer
Forlag
Osprey Publishing
Udgave
0
ISBN
9781472846501
Sprog
Engelsk
Originalsprog
dan
Sider
368
Udgivelsesdato
02-02-2023
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3087055
EAN nr.
9781472846501
Varegruppe
History & military