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Author | : Brent Jordan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2020-11-21 |
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Born upon the deathbed of his Valkyrie mother, raised beneath the unyielding hand of his Berserker grandfather, a boy, one day to be known as RIGSEN, is set upon the path to achieve his destiny of the greatest Viking warrior of all time.The boy, only nine-years-old, survives alone in the harsh Viking world after the death of his grandfather. When he has grown to a stalwart man of nineteen, he meets the love of his life, Sassa, and in their love they have two splendid daughters.Life is good for the small family until one day Norway's King Harald Hardrada comes to Trondheim gathering an army to invade England and usurp the English throne. The man is torn: he is loath to leave his family, yet he knows the only way to gain the favor of the gods and be with the ones he loves for eternity in the afterlife is to become a hero worthy of Valhalla. It is an excruciating decision, but the man leaves his family to go to war.Armed with his grandfather's legendary battleaxe, the man quickly distinguishes himself in battle against the Saxons of England, but it is not until a small contingent of the Norwegian army is caught by surprise by the whole of the fifteen-thousand man English army does the true scale of his heroic legend rise: The man takes to a narrow bridge to stand against the charge of the English to allow his countrymen to retreat to the far side of the river. Trapped on the bridge alone facing an entire army, it seems the man's fate is sealed: a quick death and the massacre of his countrymen. Yet the man does not fall...Based on the true story of the greatest one man stand in history.
Author | : Peter Marren |
Publisher | : Pen & Sword Military |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780850529531 |
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If ever there was a year of destiny for the British Isles, 066 must have a strong claim. King Harold faced invasion not just from William and the Normans across the English Channel but from the Dane, King Harald Hadrada. Before he faced the Normans at Hastings in October he had fought and defeated the Danes at York and neighboring Stamford Bridge in September. What dramatic changes of fortune, heroic marches, assaults by land and sea took place that year! This book explains what really happened and why in what is arguably the 'best-known' but worst understood battle in British history.
Author | : Don Hollway |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 2023-02-07 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1472846508 |
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Now available in paperback, this is a rich and compelling account of the life of King Harald Hardrada of Norway, one of the greatest Viking warriors to have ever lived.
Author | : Kelly DeVries |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781843830276 |
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Three weeks before the battle of Hastings, Harold defeated an invading army of Norwegians at the battle of Stamford Bridge, a victory which was to cost him dear. The events surrounding the battle are discussed in detail. This very accessible narrative...tells the story of 'the first two important battles of 1066', Fulford Gate and Stamford Bridge, and of the leaders of the opposing English and Norwegian factions. CHOICE He places the invasion in a broad context. He outlines the Anglo-Scandinavian nature of the English kingdom in the eleventh century, traces the careers of the major leaders, and devotes a chapter each to the English and Norwegian military systems. JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY William the Conqueror's invasion in 1066 was not the only attack on England that year. On September 25, 1066, less than three weeks before William defeated King Harold II Godwinson at the battle of Hastings, that same Harold had been victorious over his other opponent of 1066, King Haraldr Hardrádi of Norway at the battle of Stamford Bridge. It was an impressive victory, driving an invading army of Norwegians from theearldom of Northumbria; but it was to cost Harold dear. In telling the story of this neglected battle, Kelly DeVries traces the rise and fall of a family of English warlords, the Godwins, as well as that of the equally impressiveNorwegian warlord Hardrádi. KELLY DEVRIES is Associate Professor, Department of History, Loyola College in Maryland.
Author | : W. B. Bartlett |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 612 |
Release | : 2019-11-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1445665956 |
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A comprehensive new history of the infamous Vikings. Those men and women raided and traded their way into history whilst at the same time helping to build new nations in Scandinavia and beyond.
Author | : Snorri Sturluson |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2005-04-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0141915072 |
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This compelling Icelandic history describes the life of King Harald Hardradi, from his battles across Europe and Russia to his final assault on England in 1066, less than three weeks before the invasion of William the Conqueror. It was a battle that led to his death and marked the end of an era in which Europe had been dominated by the threat of Scandinavian forces. Despite England's triumph, it also played a crucial part in fatally weakening the English army immediately prior to the Norman Conquest, changing the course of history. Taken from the Heimskringla - Snorri Sturluson's complete account of Norway from prehistoric times to 1177 - this is a brilliantly human depiction of the turbulent life and savage death of the last great Norse warrior-king.
Author | : Daniel Mersey |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 109 |
Release | : 2014-09-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1782006370 |
Download Lion Rampant Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Take Robin Hood, Richard the Lionheart, Gamelyn, William Wallace and other legends from the colourful, dangerous medieval period to the tabletop with Lion Rampant – a new set of rules designed for fighting medieval skirmish games. Ideal for players who wish to collect medieval miniatures and paint the pageantry without wanting to muster huge forces or spend time learning complex rules, this game allows players to game actual historical battles – or to delve into the archives of Hollywood to embark on more over-the-top pulp style clashes.
Author | : Frank McLynn |
Publisher | : Random House (UK) |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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If ever there was a year of destiny for the British Isles, 1066 must have a strong claim. King Harold faced invasion not just from William and the Normans across the English Channel but from the Dane, King Harald Hardrada. Before he faced the Normans at Hastings in October, he had defeated the Danes at York and Stamford Bridge in September. In this superbly researched study, Frank McLynn overturns long-accepted myths, showing how William's victory at the Battle of Hastings was not, in fact, a certainty, and arguing that Harald Hardrada was actually the greatest warrior of the three. This is a masterly study, and reveals the truth to be more interesting than the myths surrounding this pivotal year in history.
Author | : Neil Price |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 629 |
Release | : 2020-08-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0465096999 |
Download Children of Ash and Elm Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The definitive history of the Vikings -- from arts and culture to politics and cosmology -- by a distinguished archaeologist with decades of expertise The Viking Age -- from 750 to 1050 -- saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe. But for centuries, the Vikings have been seen through the eyes of others, distorted to suit the tastes of medieval clerics and Elizabethan playwrights, Victorian imperialists, Nazis, and more. None of these appropriations capture the real Vikings, or the richness and sophistication of their culture. Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and Elm tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology and religion, their material world. Known today for a stereotype of maritime violence, the Vikings exported new ideas, technologies, beliefs, and practices to the lands they discovered and the peoples they encountered, and in the process were themselves changed. From Eirík Bloodaxe, who fought his way to a kingdom, to Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, the most traveled woman in the world, Children of Ash and Elm is the definitive history of the Vikings and their time.
Author | : J.H. Round |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 538 |
Release | : 2018-05-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3732675874 |
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Reproduction of the original: Feudal England by J.H. Round