The wolf age the Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the battle for the North Sea Empire
"The first major book on Vikings by a Scandinavian author to be published in English, The Wolf Age reframes the struggle for a North Sea empire and puts readers in the mindset of Vikings, providing new insight into their goals, values, and what they chose to live and die for. Tore Skeie (Norway's Mo...
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| Language: | English Norwegian |
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Pushkin Press,
2022.
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| Summary: | "The first major book on Vikings by a Scandinavian author to be published in English, The Wolf Age reframes the struggle for a North Sea empire and puts readers in the mindset of Vikings, providing new insight into their goals, values, and what they chose to live and die for. Tore Skeie (Norway's Most Important Young Historian) takes readers on a thrilling journey through the bloody shared history of England and Scandinavia, and on across early medieval Europe, from the wild Norwegian fjords to the wealthy cities of Muslim Andalusia. Warfare, plotting, backstabbing and bribery abound as Skeie skillfully weaves sagas and skaldic poetry with breathless dramatization as he entertainingly brings the world of the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons to vivid life. In the eleventh century, the rulers of the lands surrounding the North Sea are all hungry for power. To get power they need soldiers, to get soldiers they need silver, and to get silver there is no better way than war and plunder. This vicious cycle draws all the lands of the north into a brutal struggle for supremacy and survival that will shatter kingdoms and forge an empire..."-- |
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| Item Description: | Maps on pages 2 and 3 of cover. "First published as 'Hvitekrist. Om Olav Haraldsson og hans tid' by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag in Oslo, 2018" -- title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 378 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-378). |
| ISBN: | 9781782278351 1782278354 |
| Author Notes: | ALISON MCCULLOUGH is a Norwegian to English literary translator based in Stavanger, Norway. Her previous translations include The Therapist by Helene Flood, and Theatre of the World: The Maps that Made History by Thomas Reinertsen Berg. |
