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The Northmen's Fury

Author : Philip Parker
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0224090801
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Northmen's Fury written by Philip Parker and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Northmenâe(tm)s Fury tells the Viking story, from the first pinprick raids of the eighth century to the great armies that left their Scandinavian homelands to conquer larger parts of France, Britain and Ireland. It recounts the epic voyages that took them across the Atlantic to the icy fjords of Greenland and to North America over four centuries before Columbus and east to the great rivers of Russia and the riches of the Byzantine empire. One summerâe(tm)s day in 793, death arrived from the sea. The raiders who sacked the island monastery of Lindisfarne were the first Vikings, sea-borne attackers who brought two centuries of terror to northern Europe. Before long the sight of their dragon-prowed longships and the very name of Viking gave rise to fear and dread, so much so that monks were reputed to pray each night for delivery from âe~the Northmenâe(tm)s Furyâe(tm). Yet for all their reputation as bloodthirsty warriors, the Vikings possessed a sophisticated culture that produced art of great beauty, literature of abiding power and kingdoms of surprising endurance. The Northmenâe(tm)s Fury describes how and why a region at the edge of Europe came to dominate and to terrorise much of the rest of the continent for nearly three centuries and how, in the end, the coming of Christianity and the growing power of kings tempered the Viking ferocity and stemmed the tide of raids. It relates the astonishing achievement of the Vikings in forging far-flung empires whose sinews were the sea and whose arteries were not roads but maritime trading routes. The blood of the Vikings runs in millions of veins in Europe and the Americas and the tale of their conquests, explorations and achievements continues to inspire people around the world.

The Northmen's Fury

Author : Philip Parker
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0099551845
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book The Northmen's Fury written by Philip Parker and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Northmen's Fury tells the Viking story, from the first pinprick raids of the eighth century to the great armies that left their Scandinavian homelands to conquer larger parts of France, Britain and Ireland. It recounts the epic voyages that took them across the Atlantic to the icy fjords of Greenland and to North America over four centuries before Columbus and east to the great rivers of Russia and the riches of the Byzantine empire. One summer's day in 793, death arrived from the sea. The raiders who sacked the island monastery of Lindisfarne were the first Vikings, sea-borne attackers who brought two centuries of terror to northern Europe. Before long the sight of their dragon-prowed longships and the very name of Viking gave rise to fear and dread, so much so that monks were reputed to pray each night for delivery from 'the Northmen's Fury'. Yet for all their reputation as bloodthirsty warriors, the Vikings possessed a sophisticated culture that produced art of great beauty, literature of abiding power and kingdoms of surprising endurance. The Northmen's Fury describes how and why a region at the edge of Europe came to dominate and to terrorise much of the rest of the continent for nearly three centuries and how, in the end, the coming of Christianity and the growing power of kings tempered the Viking ferocity and stemmed the tide of raids. It relates the astonishing achievement of the Vikings in forging far-flung empires whose sinews were the sea and whose arteries were not roads but maritime trading routes. The blood of the Vikings runs in millions of veins in Europe and the Americas and the tale of their conquests, explorations and achievements continues to inspire people around the world.

Fury of the Northmen

Author : Time-Life Books
Publisher : Time Life Education
ISBN 13 : 9780809464258
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book Fury of the Northmen written by Time-Life Books and published by Time Life Education. This book was released on 1988 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the cultures of the Vikings, the Japanese Byzantium, and the mound builders of the Americas during the medieval period

The Fury of the Northmen

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781856262361
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book The Fury of the Northmen written by John Marsden and published by Trafalgar Square Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Age of the Vikings

Author : Anders Winroth
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691169292
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Age of the Vikings written by Anders Winroth and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major reassessment of the vikings and their legacy The Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by myth. It is true that they pillaged, looted, and enslaved. But they also settled peacefully and traveled far from their homelands in swift and sturdy ships to explore. The Age of the Vikings tells the full story of this exciting period in history. Drawing on a wealth of written, visual, and archaeological evidence, Anders Winroth captures the innovation and pure daring of the Vikings without glossing over their destructive heritage. He not only explains the Viking attacks, but also looks at Viking endeavors in commerce, politics, discovery, and colonization, and reveals how Viking arts, literature, and religious thought evolved in ways unequaled in the rest of Europe. The Age of the Vikings sheds new light on the complex society, culture, and legacy of these legendary seafarers.

Northmen's Fury

Author : Reginald Maddock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780356031712
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (317 download)

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Download or read book Northmen's Fury written by Reginald Maddock and published by . This book was released on 1970-01-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Northmen

Author : John Haywood
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250106141
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Northmen written by John Haywood and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative volume that places the Vikings in their wider geographical and historical context.

The Fury of the Northmen

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : St Martins Press
ISBN 13 : 9780312130800
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The Fury of the Northmen written by John Marsden and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses contemporary accounts to describe the devastation inflicted in Northumbria by the ninth-century Viking attacks

Fury of the Northmen

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780705409766
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Fury of the Northmen written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fury of the Northmen

Author : Time-Life Books Editors
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780809464289
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book Fury of the Northmen written by Time-Life Books Editors and published by . This book was released on 1988-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Brief History of the Vikings

Author : Jonathan Clements
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1472107756
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of the Vikings written by Jonathan Clements and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2013-02-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'From the Fury of the Northmen deliver us, O Lord.' Between the eighth and eleventh centuries, the Vikings surged from their Scandinavian homeland to trade, raid and invade along the coasts of Europe. Their influence and expeditions extended from Newfoundland to Baghdad, their battles were as far-flung as Africa and the Arctic. But were they great seafarers or desperate outcasts, noble heathens or oafish pirates, the last pagans or the first of the modern Europeans? This concise study puts medieval chronicles, Norse sagas and Muslim accounts alongside more recent research into ritual magic, genetic profiling and climatology. It includes biographical sketches of some of the most famous Vikings, from Erik Bloodaxe to Saint Olaf, and King Canute to Leif the Lucky. It explains why the Danish king Harald Bluetooth lent his name to a twenty-first century wireless technology; which future saint laughed as she buried foreign ambassadors alive; why so many Icelandic settlers had Irish names; and how the last Viking colony was destroyed by English raiders. Extending beyond the traditional 'Viking age' of most books, A Brief History of the Vikings places sudden Scandinavian population movement in a wider historical context. It presents a balanced appraisal of these infamous sea kings, explaining both their swift expansion and its supposed halt. Supposed because, ultimately, the Vikings didn't disappear: they turned into us.

Furies of Calderon

Author : Jim Butcher
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780441012688
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Furies of Calderon written by Jim Butcher and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-06-28 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this extraordinary fantasy epic, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files leads readers into a world where the fate of the realm rests on the shoulders of a boy with no power to call his own... For a thousand years, the people of Alera have united against the aggressive and threatening races that inhabit the world, using their unique bond with the furies—elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal. But in the remote Calderon Valley, the boy Tavi struggles with his lack of furycrafting. At fifteen, he has no wind fury to help him fly, no fire fury to light his lamps. Yet as the Alerans’ most savage enemy—the Marat horde—return to the Valley, Tavi’s courage and resourcefulness will be a power greater than any fury, one that could turn the tides of war...

The Vikings

Author : Martin Arnold
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1461646030
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book The Vikings written by Martin Arnold and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2006-11-08 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise and balanced history traces the 300-year saga of the pirates and warlords who poured out of Scandinavia between the eighth and eleventh centuries, terrorizing, conquering, and ultimately settling vast stretches of Europe. Martin Arnold provides a lively and accessible account of this early medieval period that became known as the Viking Age. Drawing on rich literary and archaeological source material, he first focuses on Viking culture, religious beliefs, and battle tactics and weaponry. He then ranges over the four main theaters of Viking activity-the British Isles, Western Europe, the Slavic regions, and the North Atlantic. Arnold vividly illustrates the two faces of the Vikings: on the one hand, savage, greedy, and implacable; on the other, adventurous, innovative, and artistic.

The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503

Author : Julius E. Olson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 written by Julius E. Olson and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In Our Mad and Furious City

Author : Guy Gunaratne
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0374720363
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book In Our Mad and Furious City written by Guy Gunaratne and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-listed for the 2018 Man Booker Prize Short-listed for the 2018 Gordon Burn Prize Short-listed for the 2018 Goldsmiths Prize Inspired by the real-life murder of a British army soldier by religious fanatics, Guy Gunaratne’s In Our Mad and Furious City is a snapshot of the diverse, frenzied edges of modern-day London. A crackling debut from a vital new voice, it pulses with the frantic energy of the city’s homegrown grime music and is animated by the youthful rage of a dispossessed, overlooked, and often misrepresented generation. While Selvon, Ardan, and Yusuf organize their lives around soccer, girls, and grime, Caroline and Nelson struggle to overcome pasts that haunt them. Each voice is uniquely insightful, impassioned, and unforgettable, and when stitched together, they trace a brutal and vibrant tapestry of today’s London. In a forty-eight-hour surge of extremism and violence, their lives are inexorably drawn together in the lead-up to an explosive, tragic climax. In Our Mad and Furious City documents the stark disparities and bubbling fury coursing beneath the prosperous surface of a city uniquely on the brink. Written in the distinctive vernaculars of contemporary London, the novel challenges the ways in which we coexist now—and, more important, the ways in which we often fail to do so.

Vikings at War

Author : Kim Hjardar
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1612004547
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Vikings at War written by Kim Hjardar and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide to Viking warfare from strategy and weapons to culture and tradition: “a very excellent introduction to the Viking age as a whole” (Justin Pollard, historical consultant for the Amazon television series Vikings). From the time when sailing was first introduced to Scandinavia, Vikings reached virtually every corner of Europe and even America with their raids and conquests. Wherever Viking ships roamed, enormous suffering followed in their wake, but the encounters between cultures also brought immense change to both European and Nordic societies. In Vikings at War, historian Kim Hjardar presents a comprehensive overview of Viking weapons technology, military traditions and tactics, offensive and defensive strategies, fortifications, ships, and command structure. The most crucial element of the Viking’s success was their strategy of arriving by sea, attacking with great force, and withdrawing quickly. In their militarized society, honor was everything, and ruining one’s posthumous reputation was considered worse than death itself. Vikings at War features more than 380 color illustrations, including beautiful reconstruction drawings, maps, cross-section drawings of ships, line-drawings of fortifications, battle plan reconstructions, and photos of surviving artifacts, including weapons and jewelry. Winner of Norway’s Saga Prize, Vikings at War is now available in English with this new translation. “A magnificent piece of work [that] I’d recommend to anyone with an interest in the Viking period.” —Justin Pollard, historical consultant for the Amazon television series Vikings

World History

Author : Philip Parker
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0744033454
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book World History written by Philip Parker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a trip through the defining moments of our global story and see the thinkers, leaders, ideas, and inventions that have shaped the world. Presented in a beautiful slipcase, World History is an essential guide for anyone who loves history or wants to broaden their knowledge. This accessible book covers over 350 of the world’s most important turning points, from our earliest human ancestors of prehistory to political events of the modern world. Follow detailed maps showing the continuous movement of humans across the Earth, and examine fascinating paintings illustrating the events and individuals that took them there. Beautiful photography throughout the book will carry you back in time to see the people and places of the stories – along with stunning artifacts from every historical period. From magnificent buildings like the Colosseum to magnificent words like “I have a dream!”, this guide brings history’s most significant events to life for every reader to discover and enjoy.