Ergebnis für "Viking" in Saga

Bengtsson's hero, Red Orm-canny - courageous and above all lucky - is only a boy when he is abducted from his Danish home by the Vikings and made to take his place at the oars of their dragon-prowed ships. Orm is then captured by the Moors in Spain, where he fights for the Caliph of Cordova. Escaping from captivity, Orm washes up in Ireland, where he marvels at those epicene creatures, the Christian monks, and from which he then moves on to play an ever more important part in the intrigues of the various Scandinavian kings and clans and dependencies.

Gripping tales of Norse and Icelandic adventures! The tales are partially antropomorphic in character. These vivid tales are historically accurate and compelling. Immerse yourself and the past comes to life.

Bloomsbury presents The Serpent King by Tim Hodkinson, read by Rycharde Everley. The fight for vengeance has no victors... AD 936 The great warrior, Einar Unnsson, wants revenge. His mother's assassin has stolen her severed head and Einar is hungry for his blood. Only one thing holds him back...

Bloomsbury presents The Wolf Hunt by Tim Hodkinson, read by Rycharde Everley. Fast-paced, detailed and brilliantly written [for] fans of Bernard Cornwell, George R.R. Martin, and especially Theodore Brun' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY When you can't protect everyone, who will you save? Iceland, AD...

I år 1003 stævner jarl Arnulf Ulveblod på hævntogt med Svend Tveskæg. Den engelske kong Æthelred har beordret alle danere i England dræbt, og overfaldet skal gengældes blodigt. En vældig flåde samles, og Arnulfs kampbrødre fra Jomsborg deltager tillige med norske og svenske krigere...

A glorious, bloody, perfect Viking saga of honour, courage, blood feud and revenge from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lancelot, Giles Kristian. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Games of Thrones. "Unrelenting pace, brilliant action and characters. A masterwork." - Conn Iggulden...

💥The thrilling conclusion in Peter Gibbons's epic action-packed Saxon Warrior series ⚔️ Perfect for the fans of Simon Scarrow, Conn Iggulden, and David Gemmell 🗡️ Beornoth’s last stand against the tide of history and crushing Viking invasion. 1004 AD The fate of a fractured and...

879 AD, Norway. Halvdan, son of Ragnar Lothbrok and King of Dublin, is locked in a savage war with Irish Dubgaill warriors in a battle for supremacy of Ireland’s coastal strongholds. Hundr, a Northman with a dog's name…Viking warships flying the raven banner…and the echo of Ivar the Boneless. Hundr and Einar the Brawler are drawn into a search for the son of Bjorn Ironside, lost during the war for Ireland’s future. Old enemies seething with vengeful fury emerge to throw Hundr and Einar into the most dangerous fight of their lives.

The epic conclusion to Anthony Ryan's Age of Wrath trilogy—a gripping fantasy saga of bloody retribution, deadly intrigue, and soaring heroism. As the Age of Wrath reaches its bloody conclusion, the world will be reforged in steel and fire ... Thera Blackspear was once champion to the Sister...

A thrilling and breathtaking Viking saga of betrayal, bloodshed and brotherhood from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lancelot, Giles Kristian. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Games of Thrones. "Nobody writes this type of swaggering historical fiction better than Kristian" -- THE...

This historical novel follows the conquest of Russia by Swedish Vikings, while alternate chapters follow Swedish archeologists uncovering clues about the Viking Age. Swedish Vikings founded Russia and named the realm after their leader, Rurik. A thousand years later, during the Cold War, Swedish archeologists raised the Vasa, a mighty gunship that had been meant to seal Sweden's second claim as a world power.

Warrior Viking Ragnar Olafsson stood by as his best friend claimed the woman he desired the most. When Elena is taken captive, fearless Ragnar risks everything to save her. Now they are stranded with only each other for company. Suddenly every longing, every look, every touch is forbidden. Elena...

Bruised and battered from a disastrous raid, Ulf and his companions are set to return to their home. But the gods have other ideas. A violent sea storm pushes them back onto the treacherous land of Francia. With their ship damaged, Ulf and his Norse brothers are left stranded.

THE SWORD OF SAINT ISIDORES Witches, warlocks, Norse Gods and historical Viking battles, a teenage necromancer and a cursed ceremonial sword with a strange influence over its possessors. Circa 926 A.D: King Athelstan, the first king of all England, gifts the jewelled sword to Harold Fairhair...

Harald Bluetooth, the first king of a united Denmark, was a Viking with a conscience. When an English king slaughtered his daughter in a genocidal attack, the Danes took over the English throne. A thousand years later, the English returned the favor by freeing Denmark from the tyranny of the German Nazis. This historical novel alternates chapters between the two eras, following the Danish archeologist Mette Anderson as she struggles to help her Jewish fiance in World War I.

The penultimate Last Viking epic adventure from bestselling author JC Duncan! Must-read for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Peter Gibbons and Matthew Harffy ⚔️ Sworn to serve the empire, cursed to decide its fate. 1041 AD, Constantinople The Byzantine empire is fading. Sick with corruption and...

Turning an overlooked fact—that around 150 Arabic names appeared on the passenger manifest of the Titanic—into fiction, this sweeping novel follows a family leaving the Levant region for America and meeting their fates both on and off the storied ship. Elias is the golden son of Tanios...

The start of a BRAND NEW series detailing the epic adventures of Harald Hardrada - Prince. Mercenary. Exile. The lost throne of Norway must be won in foreign lands. 1030 AD Some men are gifted a crown. Others have to fight to claim it. Exiled from Norway, Harald Sigurdsson, brother to murdered...

Written by an anonymous storyteller in the 13th Century, and describing events between 960 and 1020, Njáls saga is one of the great works of medieval literature. The longest and most celebrated of the Icelandic sagas, it deals with family honour, vengeance and a vicious blood feud spanning almost 50 years. Based on the classic translation by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pálsson, this gripping dramatisation centres around two friends.