The Wolf Age - Tore Skeie

The Wolf Age

The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire

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Buch | Softcover
384 Seiten
2022
Pushkin Press (Verlag)
978-1-78227-835-1 (ISBN)
16,20 inkl. MwSt
'An impressive depiction of the Viking world' - Michael Jones, author of The Black Prince
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.

The Wolf Age takes the reader 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 Tore Skeie weaves sagas and skaldic poetry with breathless dramatization to bring the world of the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons to vivid life.

Tore Skeie is one of Norway's most acclaimed historians, having written several prize-winning and bestselling works of medieval history. Tore is known for his eye for historical and human drama, while his books have been praised both for their thrilling style and the way they challenge traditional nation-oriented historical narratives. The Wolf Age was a bestseller in Norway, won the prestigious Sverre Steen award and is the first of Tore's books to be translated into English.

Chapter overview
Overview of persons

1241
A regime facing ruin
The warrior’s good life
Fire and smoke
Midgard
hvíti kristr
To Norway
Broad ancestral lands
Two kingdoms
The Great
Silver coins for the king’s head

Chronology
Afterword

Erscheinungsdatum
Übersetzer Alison McCullough
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Mittelalter
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10 1-78227-835-4 / 1782278354
ISBN-13 978-1-78227-835-1 / 9781782278351
Zustand Neuware
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