The Last Viking King Harald Iii Hardrada The Hero Of A Thousand Battles

Author : MR Benjamin James Baillie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780957092396
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Viking: King Harald III Hardrada, the Hero of a Thousand Battles written by MR Benjamin James Baillie and published by . This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Harald III "Hardrada" (the Ruthless/hard council) of Norway was one of the last great warriors of the Viking age. In a career that lasted over 30 years he fought in nearly ever corner of the known world, from the cold lands of the Viking "Rus" (Russia) to the sun drenched shores of Sicily in the service of the Byzantine Emperors personal bodyguard (the Varangian guard). In 1066 A.D the hero of a thousand battles embarked on his final campaign to conquer the Kingdom of England, which would decide the fate of the Island of Britannia.

Author : Don Hollway
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472846516
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Viking written by Don Hollway and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Last Viking is a masterful and pulse-pounding narrative that transports the reader into the middle of the action.' Carl Gnam, Military Heritage Harald Sigurdsson burst into history as a teenaged youth in a Viking battle from which he escaped with little more than his life and a thirst for vengeance. But from these humble origins, he became one of Norway's most legendary kings. The Last Viking is a fast-moving narrative account of the life of King Harald Hardrada, as he journeyed across the medieval world, from the frozen wastelands of the North to the glittering towers of Byzantium and the passions of the Holy Land, until his warrior death on the battlefield in England. Combining Norse sagas, Byzantine accounts, Anglo-Saxon chronicles, and even King Harald's own verse and prose into a single, compelling story, Don Hollway vividly depicts the violence and spectacle of the late Viking era and delves into the dramatic events that brought an end to almost three centuries of Norse conquest and expansion.

Author : Snorri Sturluson
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141915072
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King Harald's Saga written by Snorri Sturluson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-04-28 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling Icelandic history describes the life of King Harald Hardradi, from his battles across Europe and Russia to his final assault on England in 1066, less than three weeks before the invasion of William the Conqueror. It was a battle that led to his death and marked the end of an era in which Europe had been dominated by the threat of Scandinavian forces. Despite England's triumph, it also played a crucial part in fatally weakening the English army immediately prior to the Norman Conquest, changing the course of history. Taken from the Heimskringla - Snorri Sturluson's complete account of Norway from prehistoric times to 1177 - this is a brilliantly human depiction of the turbulent life and savage death of the last great Norse warrior-king.

Author : Don Hollway
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472846508
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Viking written by Don Hollway and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in paperback, this is a rich and compelling account of the life of King Harald Hardrada of Norway, one of the greatest Viking warriors to have ever lived.

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752474448
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harald Hardrada written by John Marsden and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest medieval warriors Harald Sigurdsson, nicknamed Hardrada (Harold the Ruthless or hard ruler) fell in battle in an attempt to snatch the crown of England. The spectacular and heroic career which ended at Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire on 25 September 1066 had taken Harald from Norway to Russia and Constantinople and saw him gain a kingdom by force and determination rather than right or inheritance. He was one of the most feared rulers in Europe and was first and foremost a professional soldier, who acquired great wealth by plunder and showed no mercy to those he conquered. ' Harald Hardrada: The Warrior's Way' reconstructs a military career spanning three and a half decades and involving encounters with an extraordinary range of allies and enemies in sea-fights and land battles, sieges and viking raids across a variety of theatres of war. John Marsden's superbly researched and powerfully written account takes us from the lands of the Norsemen to Byzantium and the Crusades and makes clear how England moved decisively from three hundred years of exposure to the Scandinavian orbit to a stronger identification with continental Europe following the Norman invasion.

Author : Snorri Sturluson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King Harald's saga written by Snorri Sturluson and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Snorri Sturluson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King Harald's Saga written by Snorri Sturluson and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Snorri Sturluson
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780132403795
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King Harald's saga written by Snorri Sturluson and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Coby Evans
Publisher : Self Publisher
ISBN 13 : 8835327083
Total Pages : 1334 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mythology written by Coby Evans and published by Self Publisher. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 1334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A better deal could not be out there. This valuable box or combo contains six titles that are each targeted towards a different area of the world. Most are in Europe, and a couple of them beyond that continent. You will read about myths, deities, people being killed, people betraying each other, animals that can talk, supernatural powers that are exerted, and much, much more. Each of these books is not only filled with the stories from those times, but a number of background details of that particular society as well, so you can better understand how people thought and why these stories make more sense in the historical context. Feel free to begin reading or listening anytime, but I would encourage you to start right now.

Author : Peter Marren
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783460024
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 1066 written by Peter Marren and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2004-02-19 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The real story behind the best-known—and least-understood—battle in British history. If ever there was a year of destiny for the British Isles, 1066 must have a strong claim. King Harold faced invasion not just from William and the Normans across the English Channel, but from King Harald Hardrada of Norway. Before he fought the Normans at Hastings in October, he had fought at York and neighboring Stamford Bridge in September. It was a year of dramatic changes of fortune, heroic marches, assaults by land and sea. This concise history, with maps included, tells the full story.