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Book Synopsis Varangian - Books 3-4 by : Stuart G. Yates
Download or read book Varangian - Books 3-4 written by Stuart G. Yates and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2024-03-27 with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Books 3-4 in 'Varangian', a series of historical novels by Stuart G. Yates, now available in one volume! Origins: Harald Hardrada is determined to claim Norway's crown. Danger follows him like a close friend, and on the arduous journey home, he reflects on his life of adventure and war. His wits and skills in combat have served him well, but will they be enough to fend off the revenge of his enemies? Destiny: It seems that all of Harald's ambitions have been fulfilled, until he receives a visit from Tostig Godwinson. If Harald could seize the throne of England, Tostig could become Earl of the North. Meanwhile, Andreas has his heart set on revenge. Against the backdrop of the struggle for the throne of England, this story of death and destiny comes together on the blood-soaked fields of battle.
Download or read book Varangian written by Stuart G. Yates and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-01-28 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the new Rome, duplicity and death reign supreme. It's the mid-11th century, and the Byzantine Empire dominates the world. Within the walls of its great capital, Constantinople, treachery, debauchery and power politics are part of the lives of the ruling elite. Thrust into this mix is the Viking adventurer, Harald Hardrada. In the court of the deranged emperor, Michael the Fifth, danger lurks at every turn, and Harald soon becomes a pawn in the various factions' thirst for power. Can he survive this dangerous place, and turn his mind towards regaining what is rightfully his?
Book Synopsis The Varangians by : Sverrir Jakobsson
Download or read book The Varangians written by Sverrir Jakobsson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-14 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the history of the Eastern Vikings, the Rus and the Varangians, from their earliest mentions in the narrative sources to the late medieval period, when the Eastern Vikings had become stock figures in Old Norse Romances. A comparison is made between sources emanating from different cultures, such as the Roman Empire, the Abbasid Caliphate and its successor states, the early kingdoms of the Rus and the high medieval Scandinavian kingdoms. A key element in the history of the Rus and the Varangians is the fashioning of identities and how different cultures define themselves in comparison and contrast with the other. This book offers a fresh and engaging view of these medieval sources, and a thorough reassessment of established historiographical grand narratives on Scandinavian peoples in the East.
Book Synopsis The Varangians of Byzantium by : Sigfús Blöndal
Download or read book The Varangians of Byzantium written by Sigfús Blöndal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-04-16 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how the Norsemen came to be drawn into the Imperial service.
Download or read book Blood Feud written by Rosemary Sutcliff and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jestyn the Englishman had once been Thormod the Viking's slave, but after saving Thormod's life he became his shoulder to shoulder man and sworn brother in the deadly blood feud to avenge Thormod's murdered father, a feud that would take them all the way to Constantinople.
Download or read book Harald Hardrada written by Michael Burr and published by . This book was released on 2011-12-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the dead of night, a band of Vikings ravage a lonely convent on the Brittany coast--and their fearsome leader makes a decision that will eventually lead to his downfall. Ranulf de Lannion is fifteen years old. Crippled, deformed and abandoned by his family to the charity of the convent, he is seized by the Vikings during a midnight raid. Contemptuously nicknamed The Scraeling by his captors, his future appears grim. Harald Sigurdsson, or 'Hardrada' as he will come to be known, is the leader of the Viking band. A violent mercenary with designs on the throne of Norway, Hardrada abducts The Scraeling on a whim. Ranulf grows into an invaluable asset, smoothing Hardrada's path over their thirty-five years together from mercenary to commander of the Varangian Guard, all the way to king of Norway. But all is not as it seems in the heart of Ranulf de Lannion. Having sworn secret revenge upon Hardrada for the murders at the convent, he vows to end the day of the Viking forever. When the king of Norway launches an attack against the Anglo-Saxon throne of England in 1066, what role will The Scraeling play in bringing the age of the Viking to an end?
Download or read book God's City written by Nic Fields and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes Constantinople, Capital of the East Roman (Byzantine) Empire from its Foundation to its Fall, Explains How Constantinople Came to Be the Greatest City of Europe, Discusses the Byzantine Identity (They Still Considered Themselves 'Romans'), Religion, Culture and Politics, Describs how the emperors sustained their Eastern Part of the Roman Empire Against Numerous Enemies Through Political and Diplomatic Astuteness Backed by Armed Vigilance and Military Action, Particular Mention Is Made of the Varangian Guard, Viking Mercenaries in Imperial Pay, as Well as the Normans of Southern Italy Who Fought Both for and Against the Empire
Book Synopsis The Bear of Byzantium by : S.J.A. Turney
Download or read book The Bear of Byzantium written by S.J.A. Turney and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-02-10 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wolves of Odin sail to the centre of the world: Constantinople. AD 1041. After successfully avenging the death of his father, Halfdan and the crew of the Sea Wolf seek adventure in strange new lands, far from their Scandinavian home. They join the fleet of Harald Hardrada, the legendary Viking commander, sailing back to Constantinople from the battlefields of Georgia. There they join the Varangians, the personal bodyguard of the Byzantine Emperors populated almost exclusively by Viking warriors. But Constantinople has changed during Hardrada’s long absence. The Emperor, Michael IV, is ailing visibly, and powerful factions in his court are setting their plans in motion ahead of his inevitable demise. While courtiers scheme, elements even within the Varangian Guard are picking sides. Gunnhild, the seer among the Sea Wolf crew, has struck out on her own in the big city. Unable to join the all-male Guard alongside her friends, she establishes herself in a small side-street near the port as a healer and soothsayer, offering cures to the sick and glimpses of the future to the desperate, or the conspiratorial. But in all her visions she sees a wolf, a boar and a golden bear fighting together to support the Byzantine throne. The Norns aren’t finished with them yet... The epic second instalment in the Wolves of Odin series, taking us to the heart of power in Constantinople and the desperate machinations of the Byzantine emperors. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Giles Kristian and Angus Donald.
Book Synopsis The Walls of Byzantium by : James Heneage
Download or read book The Walls of Byzantium written by James Heneage and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'One hell of a fine book' Conn Iggulden IN AN AGE OF CLASHING EMPIRES, DARK FORCES FROM THE EAST ENDANGER THE FIRST LIGHT OF THE WESTERN RENAISSANCE... It is an age of ruthless rulers, divided churches, fractured dynasties and intrepid traders. It is an age of great cities like Venice and Constantinople; an age of conquerors like Tamerlane who will drown the world in blood; an age when only a hero of exceptional gifts can make a difference. Luke Magoris is that hero. A hero who will find himself committed to a long journey to discover - and try to avoid - his destiny. He will travel from battle to trading fortune, from horse dealing to captivity, and to the love of three very different women and the unrelenting enmity of two remarkable men.
Book Synopsis Viking Myths and Sagas by : Rosalind Kerven
Download or read book Viking Myths and Sagas written by Rosalind Kerven and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in consultation with leading academics.
Book Synopsis ROAD TO MIKLAGARD by : HENRY TREECE.
Download or read book ROAD TO MIKLAGARD written by HENRY TREECE. and published by Alien Ebooks. This book was released on 2023-07-13 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anxious for adventure and still longing for the sea, Harald, the young Viking hero of VIKING'S DAWN, is readily persuaded to join Prince Arkil of Denmark in a quest lor the treasure guarded by the Irish giant, Grummoch. Thus begins a strange and exciting series of adventures which take Harald and his shipmates from their native fjords to Ireland, Moorish Spain, and across the Mediterranean to the golden domes of Constantinople (Miklagard), and after many hardships overland through Central Europe to their home again. Full of color and movement, of battles and escapes, of long voyages across most of the known world, of treachery and loyalty, of courage and steadfast friendships, the story describes with sympathy and understanding a world younger and harsher than the one we know. An exciting adventure story in a remarkable setting.
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 Mercenaries in Medieval and Renaissance Europe by : Hunt Janin
Download or read book Mercenaries in Medieval and Renaissance Europe written by Hunt Janin and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In medieval and Renaissance Europe, mercenaries--professional soldiers who fought for money or other rewards--played violent, colorful, international roles in warfare, but they have received relatively little scholarly attention. In this book a large number of vignettes portray their activities in Western Europe over a period of nearly 900 years, from the Merovingian mercenaries of 752 through the Thirty Years' War, which ended in 1648. Intended as an introduction to the subject and drawing heavily on contemporary first-person accounts, the book creates a vivid but balanced mosaic of the many thousands of mercenaries who were hired to fight for various employers.
Book Synopsis Harald the Ruthless by : Andrea Hopkins
Download or read book Harald the Ruthless written by Andrea Hopkins and published by Henry Holt Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retells the saga, as written by Snorri Sturluson of Iceland, of the bloody conquests of a ruthless Norwegian leader whose death was brought about by King Harold of England.
Book Synopsis From Goths to Varangians by : Line Bjerg
Download or read book From Goths to Varangians written by Line Bjerg and published by Aarhus Universitetsforlag. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a multidisciplinary approach by archaeologists, historians and related sciences by leading scholars from England, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, USA and the Scandinavian and Baltic countries, this anthology examines the cross cultural ties between the Baltic and the Black Sea Area from Late Antiquity through the Viking Age to the Middle Ages. With articles ranging from the lively exchange between Southern Scandinavia and the Goths in the Pontic Area in Late Antiquity, to the famous Varangian Guard consisting of Scandinavians at the Royal Court in Byzantine in the Late Viking Age, the book provides an overview of important sources and new research into the significance of long range relations and cross cultural interaction between Scandinavia, the Slavic lands and the Black Sea Region.
Download or read book The Viking Saga written by Henry Treece and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Into this breathtaking trilogy is woven the true spirit of the Vikings, who great thirst for travelling the seas took them on incredible voyages in defiance of icy waters, terrible hardships and bloodthirsty resistance. It is AD 780. Viking's Dawn sees a young Norse boy, Harald Sigurdson, set sail for the Hebrides in the longship 'Nameless'. The goal: to plunder the helpless coastal villages of Britain. Just five years later, undeterred by his first desperate journey, the dauntless warrior puts to sea once again, in The Road to Miklagard - this time lured by the news of a fabulous hoard of treasure. After a lifetime struggling with the bitter waves, Harald embarks on his last voyage in Viking's Sunset, this time not for gain but to seek vengeance on a blood enemy.
Download or read book The Thrall written by Sarah Myers and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-11 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 999 A.D., a young and naïve Rowan is taken from her family and farm in Kent by the striking and determined Viking warrior Dreki. Across oceans and foreign lands, the two bond in their time together as captor and thrall. Upon arrival in Dreki's Norse village, Rowan is gifted to the Earl and thrown into a life of slavery. Dreki, struggling with the complicated relationship with his Earl, finds himself unable to stay away from the girl who captured his heart.A story of love and duty, of mysticism and mythology, in a time when barbarians clashed with Christians, The Thrall is book one in the saga you have been waiting for.To fill the void left by historical romances such as Outlander and The Bronze Horseman, dive into a long ago age and follow Rowan as she discovers unforeseen gifts within herself on her journey to becoming a Viking.
