Основной контент книги The Greatest Viking
Text

Buchdauer 310 Seiten

0+

The Greatest Viking

The Life of Olav Haraldsson
€20,39

Über das Buch

Raider. Conqueror. King. Saint. This is the story of Olav Haraldsson, the greatest Viking who ever lived.A ruthless Viking warrior who named his most prized battle weapon after the Norse goddess of death, Olav Haraldsson and his mercenaries wrought terror and destruction from the Baltic to Galicia in the early eleventh century. Thousands were put to the sword, enslaved or ransomed. In England, Canterbury was sacked, its archbishop murdered and London Bridge pulled down. The loot amassed from years of plunder helped Olav win the throne of Norway, and a century after his death he was proclaimed 'Eternal King' and has been a national hero there ever since.Despite his bloodthirsty beginnings, Olav converted to Christianity and, in a personal vendetta against the old Norse gods, made Norway Christian too, thereby changing irrevocably the Viking world he was born into. Told with reference to Norse sagas, early chronicles and the work of modern scholars, Desmond Seward paints an intensely vivid and colourful portrait of the life and times of arguably the greatest Viking of them all.

Einloggen, um das Buch zu bewerten und eine Bewertung zu hinterlassen
Buch Desmond Seward «The Greatest Viking» — kostenlosen Buchauszug online lesen. Hinterlassen Sie Kommentare und Bewertungen, stimmen Sie für Ihre Favoriten.
Altersbeschränkung:
0+
Veröffentlichungsdatum auf Litres:
07 November 2024
Umfang:
310 S.
ISBN:
9781788855679
Verleger:
Rechteinhaber:
Bookwire
Audio
Средний рейтинг 4,2 на основе 888 оценок
Audio
Средний рейтинг 4,6 на основе 79 оценок
Audio
Средний рейтинг 4,6 на основе 970 оценок
Entwurf
Средний рейтинг 4,8 на основе 383 оценок
Text, audioformat verfügbar
Средний рейтинг 4,7 на основе 7068 оценок
Text
Средний рейтинг 4,9 на основе 256 оценок
Audio
Средний рейтинг 4,4 на основе 51 оценок
Audio
Средний рейтинг 4,8 на основе 5122 оценок
Text, audioformat verfügbar
Средний рейтинг 4,8 на основе 1220 оценок
Text
Средний рейтинг 0 на основе 0 оценок
Text
Средний рейтинг 0 на основе 0 оценок