Harald And The Holy Cross

Author : Al Bas
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1606935399
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harald and the Holy Cross written by Al Bas and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prince Harald Hardrada, the exiled heir to the Norwegian throne, arrives in Constantinople in 1033 and becomes caught up in the cross-currents of palace intrigue, secret sects, and the search for religious relics.

Author : Snorri Sturluson
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292786964
Total Pages : 881 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heimskringla written by Snorri Sturluson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-07-05 with total page 881 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of sagas concerning the various rulers of Norway, from about 850 to 1177. Beginning with the dim prehistory of the mythical gods and their descendants, Heimskringla recounts the history of the kings of Norway through the reign of Olaf Haraldsson, who became Norway’s patron saint. Once found in most homes and schools and still regarded as a national treasure, Heimskringla influenced the thinking and literary style of Scandinavia over several centuries. “[Snorri Sturluson] speaks—as almost no other historian ever has spoken—with the authority of a man whose masterful skills would have made him one of the formidable, foremost in any of the events he records. So he saturates even remotely past happenings with a gripping first-hand quality...Hollander’s translation is very good, fresh on every page . . . Wherever you open the book, the life grips you and you read on.” —Ted Hughes, New York Review of Books “Among the many contributions to world literature that ancient Iceland has given us, Heimskringla stands out as one of the truly monumental works. Among medieval European histories in the vernacular it has no equal.” —Modern Philology

Author : Snorri Sturluson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald the Tyrant (Harald Haardraade). written by Snorri Sturluson and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Snorri Sturluson
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) written by Snorri Sturluson and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 194 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.

Author : Peter Burke
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1665586354
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King Harold Ii written by Peter Burke and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-02-28 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange markings are found in a twelfth-century wall. A retired stonemason seeks to unravel a hidden message carved in haste by an ancient stonemason who risked his life to leave symbols cut into stone so deep that they would remain silent for nine hundred years, until someone should read these symbols and search for their meaning. Who left these strange symbols? Is it possible that a retired stonemason in this modern world could discover the meaning of symbols left by a fellow mason so long ago? It sounds like a work of fiction, but this is a true story. This is a unique and powerful account of a husband and wife who searched for the truth, found the real story, and revealed the true nature of our last Saxon king, Harold Godwinson. It is the English story, known by a small group of monks, loyal to Harold, and recorded in the 12th century. It was written to refute the false claims of William the Duke, the lying Norman, William the Bastard.

Author : Snorri Sturluson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Heimskringla written by Snorri Sturluson and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Snorre Sturlason
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1446548058
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heimskringla - The Norse King Sagas written by Snorre Sturlason and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work of poetry is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Written in the early thirteenth century, it contains a collection of sagas about Norwegian kings. This is a fascinating work and is thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in Norse history. Contents Include: Dedication to King Haakon VII - Editor's Introduction - Translator's Preface - Snorre's Preface - The Ynglinga Saga, Semi-Mythical - Historic Sagas - Halfdan the Black - Harald the Fairhaired - Haakon the Good - Eric's Sons - Earl Haakon - King Olaf Tryguesson - King Olaf the Saint - Magnus the Good - Harald the Stern - Olaf the Quiet - Magnus Barefoot - The Sons of Magnus - Magnus the Blind and Harald Gille - The Sons of Harald - Haakon the Broad-Shouldered - Magnus Erlingson - List of Old Sagas - List of Kings of Sweden, Denmark, Norway - Index of Names and Places.

Author : Charles Jones
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750956747
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Forgotten Battle of 1066: Fulford written by Charles Jones and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a history of the forgotten third battle of 1066, the battlefield which until now remained undiscovered. Three weeks and three days before the epic clash at Hastings in 1066 between Harold II and William of Normandy, a battle of the same size and scale took place just south of York at Fulford. Harald Hardrada, king of Norway, in alliance with Tostig, Harold II's brother, invaded with 300 ships, sailing up the Ouse just south of York. Edwin and Morcar, Harold's brothers-in-law and earls of Mercia and Northumbria, gave battle at Fulford. This site has been forgotten, and largely undisturbed, for almost a thousand years. Charles Jones' book investigates the complex events that forced King Harold II of England to divide his army in order to defend his new kingdom from the invasions he expected in the north and the south.

Author : Kirsten Wolf
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440862990
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vikings written by Kirsten Wolf and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores 11 popular misconceptions about the Vikings. Each chapter looks at a particular misconception, examines how it became popular, discusses what we now believe to be the truth, and provides excerpts from primary source documents. When people think of the Vikings, they often envision marauding barbarians who lived violent lives. While a number of mistaken beliefs about the Vikings have become engrained in popular culture, they are not grounded in historical facts. This book examines popular misconceptions related to the Vikings and the historical truths that contradict the fictions. The book discusses 11 mistaken notions about the Vikings, with each fiction treated in its own chapter. Topics include whether the Vikings wore horned helmets, whether they were unhygienic, whether they had primitive weapons, whether they drank out of skull cups, and more. Each chapter examines how the misconception proliferated and discusses what we now believe to be the facts contradicting the fictions. Excerpts from primary source documents help readers to understand how the misconceptions came to be throughout history and provide evidence for the historical truths.

Author : Poul Anderson
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504024400
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Horn written by Poul Anderson and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an award-winning author: A novel of the fierce Norse warrior who would become the lusty and powerful Viking king Harald Hardrede. At seventeen, Harald Sigurdharson—one day to be called Hardrede—tastes the bitter nectar of blood and battle for the first time, and from that day forward he will forever crave the intoxicating brew of war. Though he knows it is his destiny to conquer and to rule, he is still young and the throne he covets is beyond his grasp. In the meantime, the wide world beckons. Setting out from Norway after a great series of mercenary adventures in Sweden and Russia, the now towering seven-foot-tall Harald arrives at Constantinople on the Golden Horn. In the heart of an empire choking on its own intrigues and excesses, as a member of the Varangian Guard—the foreign warriors entrusted with the safety of the Byzantine emperor—and a tireless suitor to an enticing beauty from a powerful clan, Harald carves out his legend in flesh, bone, and blood. But his true path stretches to the other side of the world, for he must ultimately return to Norway, his homeland, to claim his royal birthright. A winner of multiple awards including the Hugo and Nebula, author Poul Anderson begins an epic trilogy of historical fiction with this novel, bringing to life the eleventh-century conqueror who was known as the last Viking.