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Author | : Harry Harrison |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 549 |
Release | : 1994-11-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1466823305 |
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865 A.D. Warring kings rule over the British Isles, but the Church rules over the kings, threatening all who oppose them with damnation. Only the dreaded Vikings of Scandinavia do not fear the priests. Shef, the bastard son of a Norse raider and a captive English lady, is torn by divided loyalties and driven by strange visions that seem to come from Odin himself. A smith and warrior, he alone dares to imagine new weapons and tactics with which to carve out a kingdom--and launch an all-out war between....The Hammer and the Cross. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author | : Henry Bedford-Jones |
Publisher | : Elgin, Ill. : D.C. Cook |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Christian life |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : H. Bedford-Jones |
Publisher | : Fiction Hunter Press |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2015-06-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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This is a story about the very real people and events; if ever you chance to read the old Sagas of Norway you will come upon most of the characters of this tale. The viking age was not Christian, it was full of the clash of arms and of unknightly deeds, yet its story is vitally interesting. The Hammer of Thor, the War-god of northern Europe, did not yield to the Cross of Christ without a struggle, and the story of Norway’s conversion is intensely dramatic. King Hakon the Good, a foster-son of the English King Athelstan, was forced to recant his faith in order to hold his throne; King Olaf Triggveson lost his kingdom, or rather gave it up, at Svolde Sound, because he refused to do the like; and King Olaf the Thick, who followed him, fell beneath the heathen weapons of his subjects, becoming the patron saint of Norway. It was the first King Olaf who broke the power of the old gods and who introduced Christianity into his realm. Short as was his reign, he was the greatest king Norway ever had. He built the first church in the land, and sent the first missionaries to Iceland; during his reign Thangbrand, the priest, won that island to the true faith. Many of the incidents narrated are taken direct from the Sagas, and although King Olaf is said to have died at Svolde, the story of his escape is well authenticated; I give his own words in refusing to win back his kingdom. He went to Rome and the Holy Land and held rule there under the Crusader Kings of Jerusalem, dying fifty years later. King Edward the Confessor used to have the story of his life chanted to his court once every year, upon his death being reported in England during that king’s reign.
Author | : Michael Scott Rohan |
Publisher | : Humanities Press |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780907162001 |
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Author | : Bo Giertz |
Publisher | : Augsburg Books |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Self-Help |
ISBN | : 9780806651309 |
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A classic Swedish novel about love, faith and spiritual renewal told in the form of a mystery novel.
Author | : Harry Harrison |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 481 |
Release | : 1994-11-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0812523482 |
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In an alternate history set in A.D. 865, Shef, son of a Norse raider and an English lady, tries to carve out a kingdom of his own in England, while Christian kings and Viking worshippers of Asgard battle for the country's dominion.
Author | : Robert Ferguson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 494 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Now, with the chamber boarded up, came what was probably the heart of the proceedings. Four or five dogs and two more oxen were slaughtered, as well as fifteen horses that had first been run to exhaustion. The furniture, tools and carriages scattered across the foredeck were bathed in their blood.Stones were then piled over the ship, breaking many of the grave-goods and rendering them unusable. The sights and sounds accompanying such an orgy of blood-letting we might perhaps be able to imagine, the atmosphere conjured by it probably not. As the mourners then set about completing the mound the sight before them must have been eerie and awe-inspiring, the blood-spattered ship with its cargo of dead women seeming to lurch forward across the field in a last attempt to shake off the engulfing wave of dark earth rising behind it. The meadow flowers preserved from this stage of the proceedings were autumnal, showing that the whole process from the opening of the furrow to the closing of the mound must have taken about four months. Clearly at least one of the women had died long before the burial took place.
Author | : Harry Harrison |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 572 |
Release | : 1997-06-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1466823151 |
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Driven by prophetic dreams, the Viking warrior Shef as become the One King, the undisputed ruler of the North. Now he must face the reborn power of the Holy Roman Empire. Rome threatens Shef's fearsome Viking navy with a new invention of unparalleled destruction: Greek fire. Unable to defend his fleet against this awesome weapon, Shef travels East in search of new wisdom. His quest leads him to the lavish court of the Muslim Caliph and, ultimately, to the secret hiding place of the Holy Grail. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author | : Harry Harrison |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 547 |
Release | : 1996-03-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1466823178 |
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A craftsman, visionary, and warrior, Shef has risen from slavery to become king of a mighty Viking nation. But his growing kingdom menaces all of Europe, and he has made many powerful enemies. Chief among his enemies are the Knights of the Lance, a fanatical order of soldiers sworn to bring Shef down, no matter what the cost. To defeat Shef, they will go to extraordinary lengths to find the sacred spear of Christ--and resurrect the Holy Roman Empire. Driven by dreams, Shef battles to change the course of history, but even the gods themselves may be plotting against him.... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author | : Paul S. Kemp |
Publisher | : Del Rey |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2015-09-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101964979 |
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For readers of Brent Weeks, Joe Abercrombie, Peter V. Brett, and Scott Lynch comes the first book in a fantastic, hilarious new sword-and-sorcery series that puts a clever new twist on the golden age of epic fantasy. Robbing tombs for fun and profit might not be a stable career, but Egil and Nix aren’t in it for the long-term prospects. Egil is the hammer-wielding warrior-priest of a discredited god. Nix is a roguish thief with just enough knowledge of magic to conjure up trouble. Together, they seek riches and renown, yet often find themselves enlisted in lost causes—generally against their will. So why should their big score be any different? The trouble starts when Nix and Egil kill the demonic guardian of a long-lost crypt, nullifying an ancient pact made by the ancestors of an obscenely powerful wizard. Now the wizard will stop at nothing to keep that power from slipping away, even if it means freeing a rapacious beast from its centuries-old prison. And who better than Egil and Nix—the ones responsible for his current predicament—to perform this thankless task? Praise for The Hammer and the Blade and Paul S. Kemp “A gripping tale [with] the feeling of a classic Dungeons & Dragons campaign.”—Publishers Weekly “Most heroes work up to killing demons. Egil and Nix start there and pick up the pace.”—Elaine Cunningham, author of the Thorn Trilogy “Kemp delivers sword and sorcery at its rollicking best, after the fashion of Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.”—Library Journal