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Download or read book The Vikings written by René Chartrand and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Vikings is bloody and eventful, and Viking warriors capture the popular imagination to this day. They made history, establishing the dukedom of Normandy, providing the Byzantine Emperors' bodyguard and landing on the shores of America 500 years before Columbus. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs and original Osprey artwork, this book presents a new window into their way of life including detailed studies of the Hersir, the raiding warrior of the Viking world, and the legendary Viking longship.
Book Synopsis Olaf the Glorious; A Story of the Viking Age by : Robert Leighton
Download or read book Olaf the Glorious; A Story of the Viking Age written by Robert Leighton and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-07 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Download or read book Olaf’S Saga written by David Rosten and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1235 AD in Trondheim, Norway, as King Haakon Sigurdsson IV worries what will become of a Viking king without the strength to wage battle or the wisdom to lead. Desperate for answers, he summons a mystical storyteller from Iceland to tell him the sagas of former kings. Soon, Snorri Sturlson arrives at the Norwegian castle to relay the story of King Olaf Tyggvason to the current king with hopes of restoring his belief that he too, can be a noble leader. From the moment he is born into royalty, it seems Olaf is destined for greatness. But when his familys kingdom is overthrown by Earl Haakon, ten-year-old Olaf is captured and sold as a slave by pirates. As Olaf embarks on a coming-of-age journey where he must struggle to regain his kingdom and fight for the woman he loves, he brings word of Christianity to Norway and sends Leif Erickson to discover a new world in 1000 AD. But Olafs determination to recover what he has lost may end up costing him more than he ever imagined. In this novel based on a true story, a Norwegian king sacrifices everything to battle for his kingdom and the heart of his true love, ultimately becoming one of the greatest adventurers the world has ever known.
Book Synopsis Forged By Iron: Large Print Edition by : Eric Schumacher
Download or read book Forged By Iron: Large Print Edition written by Eric Schumacher and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2021-02-11 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Hakon's Saga comes the first in a series of stories about Olaf Tryggvason, one of the most legendary kings of the Viking Age. Norway, AD 958. The Northern realm is once again at war. The exiled sons of Erik Bloodaxe have returned with the help of the Danes and have slain King Hakon. They now come for Hakon's heir, Jarl Trygvi. Trygvi's wife, Astrid, and young son, Olaf, flee their home with the aid of their household warriors. Pursued by the Bloodaxe brood, the family escapes east, through the dark, forested land of the Swedes and across the treacherous East Sea. But the gods are fickle and the group is torn apart, leaving them to fend for themselves in Forged by Iron, a must-read for all who enjoy action-packed historical fiction. This is the large print edition of Forged By Iron, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.
Download or read book Historic Boys written by E. S. Brooks and published by Castle Keep Press. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These 12 classic true historical stories are from the pages of "St. Nicholas Magazine" and are real boys who influenced historical events through courage, perseverance, and fortitude.
Book Synopsis Olaf the Glorious by : Robert Leighton
Download or read book Olaf the Glorious written by Robert Leighton and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis THE SAGA OF OLAF THE GLORIOUS - A Story of the Viking Age by : Robert Leighton
Download or read book THE SAGA OF OLAF THE GLORIOUS - A Story of the Viking Age written by Robert Leighton and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OLAF TRYGGVASON, the hero of this saga is not an imaginary one; he was a real flesh and blood man who eventually reigned as King of Norway just over a thousand years ago. His life reads as only a Viking Saga could and should. Herein you will find the salient facts of his adventurous and outstanding life. They are: his boyhood of slavery in Estonia,his life at the court of King Valdemar,his wanderings as a Viking,the many battles he fought, on land and sea,his conversion to Christianity in England, and;his ultimate return to his native Norway where he reigned as King – are set forth in this volume which, if summarised, would make for a cracking campfire yarn. The events related herein can be found in the various Icelandic sagas dealing with the period in which he lived. In short, Olaf was your archetypal Viking. Very few authors could pen a saga that mirrors the life of Olaf, and many have tried. However in penning this story, Leighton made full and free use of these old time records, and added only such probable incidents as were necessary to give a thread of continuity to the reader. NOTE: For the convenience of readers who may wish for greater exactness; Olaf Triggvison was born A.D. 963 and he started on his wanderings as a Viking in the year A.D. 981. The sea fight between the Vikings of Jomsburg and the Norwegians took place in A.D. 986, and the battle of Maldon in the year A.D. 991. Olaf reigned only five years as King of Norway, being crowned in 995, and ending his reign with his death in the glorious defeat at Svold in the year A.D. 1000. 10% of the publisher’s profit from the sale of this book will be donated to UNICEF. KEYWORDS/TAGS: Viking, Norse, Saga, Story, Olaf Tryggvason, slave, warrior, King, conversion, Christianity, Valdemar, land battles, sea battles, Jomsburg, England, Norway, Norwegian, battle of Maldon, battle of Svold, finding of olaf, sigurd erikson, gerda' s prophecy, slaying of klerkon, norse kings, training, captain of the host, west, over-seas, hermit, scilly Isles, thorir klakka, evil earl, christening, Sigrid, haughty, long serpent, sigvaldi, treachery, snare, svold sound, defence
Download or read book Olaf the Viking written by Martin Conway and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olaf is desperate to find his father. It's been a long time since he disappeared, and it could be Olaf's big chance to be a hero. So when his uncle makes it clear that he is more interested in carousing, marauding, and pillaging than in finding his long-lost brother, Olaf decides to takematters into his own hands.With the help of a strangely-gifted slave named Loki, a magical war-hammer, and two barmy ravens, Olaf sets off to adventure!Join Olaf's hilarious and spectacular search in this fast-paced tale of Viking derring-do.
Download or read book The Sea of Trolls written by Nancy Farmer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.
Book Synopsis The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason by : Oddr Snorrason
Download or read book The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason written by Oddr Snorrason and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oddr Snorrason, a Benedictine monk in northern Iceland in the late twelfth century, composed a landmark Latin biography of the legendary Norwegian king Olaf Tryggvason (died 1000 C.E.). This biography was soon translated into Icelandic, and the translation (though not the Latin original) is preserved in two somewhat differing versions and a small fragment of a third. The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason is the first English translation of this text, augmented by an introduction and notes to guide the reader. There is a strong possibility that Oddr's biography was the first full-length saga of the Icelandic Middle Ages. It ushered in a century of saga writing that assured Iceland a unique place in medieval literature and in the history of prose writing. Aside from being a harbinger of the saga tradition, and indeed of the modern novel, The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason has its own literary merits, including an epic description of the great Battle of Svoldr, in which King Olaf succumbed. In significant ways the narrative of this battle anticipates the mature style of the classical sagas in the thirteenth century.
Book Synopsis The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) by : Snorri Sturluson
Download or read book The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) written by Snorri Sturluson and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about a great and rousing story of the last of the Viking kings, with truly incredible adventures. The highlight is not the language with flowery flourishes, but with jolting, abrupt changes in plot. There is no inner-dialogue, and the dialogue between characters is direct but halting, with little fluidity. It is obvious that this is an ancient text and a translation.
Book Synopsis The Viking Age by : Angus A. Somerville
Download or read book The Viking Age written by Angus A. Somerville and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this extensively revised third edition of The Viking Age: A Reader, Somerville and McDonald successfully bring the Vikings and their world to life for twenty-first-century students and instructors. The diversity of the Viking era is revealed through the remarkable range and variety of sources presented as well as the geographical and chronological coverage of the readings. The third edition has been reorganized into fifteen chapters. Many sources have been added, including material on gender and warrior women, and a completely new final chapter traces the continuing cultural influence of the Vikings to the present day. The use of visual material has been expanded, and updated maps illustrate historical developments throughout the Viking Age. The English translations of Norse texts, many of them new to this collection, are straightforward and easily accessible, while chapter introductions contextualize the readings.
Book Synopsis Golden Surrender by : Heather Graham
Download or read book Golden Surrender written by Heather Graham and published by Dell. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two bold warriors, two proud lands, united by passion—and revenge . . . Prince Olaf of Norway—Lord of the Wolves, the golden Viking warrior who came in his dragon ship to forge a great kingdom in the Emerald Isle. Princess Erin—Daughter of the Irish High King, the ebony-haired beauty who swore bitter vengeance on the legendary Norseman who had brought death and destruction to her beloved homeland. Yet, in the great Norse and Irish alliance against the invading Danes, it was her own father who gave her in marriage to her most hated enemy. Bewitched by Olaf's massive strength, seduced by his power, still Erin vowed that neither the wrath of his sword nor the fire of his kiss would sway the allegiance of her proud and passionate heart.
Download or read book The Last Viking written by Don Hollway and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Olaf the Glorious by : Robert Leighton
Download or read book Olaf the Glorious written by Robert Leighton and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hero in this volume is not an imaginary one; he was a real flesh and blood man who reigned as King of Norway just over a thousand years ago. The main facts of his adventurous career are: his boyhood of slavery in Estonia, his life at the court of King Valdemar, his wanderings as a Viking, the many battles he fought, his conversion to Christianity in England, and his ultimate return to his native land -- are set forth in the various Icelandic sagas dealing with the period in which he lived. The author made free use of these old time records, and added only such probable incidents as were necessary to give a continuous thread of interest to the narrative. For the convenience of readers who may wish for greater exactness it may be as well to state here that Olaf Triggvison was born A.D. 963, that he started on his wanderings as a Viking in the year A.D. 981, that the sea fight between the Vikings of Jomsburg and the Norwegians took place in A.D. 986, and the battle of Maldon in the year A.D. 991. Olaf reigned only five years as King of Norway, being crowned in A.D. 995, and ending his reign with his death in the glorious defeat at Svold in the year A.D. 1000. 33% of the net profit from this book is donated to charities.
Book Synopsis The Early Kings of Norway by : Thomas Carlyle
Download or read book The Early Kings of Norway written by Thomas Carlyle and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Viking Pirates and Christian Princes by : Benjamin T. Hudson
Download or read book Viking Pirates and Christian Princes written by Benjamin T. Hudson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies two Viking families who appear in the records of the Atlantic littoral as pagan raiders and reinvent themselves as established Christian rulers.
