EAN: 9781782278351

THE WOLF AGE - TORE SKEIE KARTONIERT (TB)

The turbulent age that straddles the first millennium is brought to life in a history worthy of
a modern television epic. -Financial Times Thrilling history provides a new perspective on the
Viking-Anglo Saxon conflicts and brings the bloody period vividly to life  perfect for fans of
Dan Jones The first major book on Vikings by a Scandinavian author to be published in English
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. The
Wolf Age 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 Tore 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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