Don Hollway

The Last Viking

The True Story of King Harald Hardrada

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Produktbeschreibung

A rich and compelling account of the life of King Harald Hardrada, the man who inspired the hit Netflix show "Vikings: Valhalla"

Produktdetails

• Osprey Publishing
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 194mm x 125mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9781472846501
• ISBN-10: 1472846508
• Artikelnr.: 63868538

Autorenporträt

Don Hollway is an author and historian. His first book, The Last Viking, is a gripping history of King Harald Hardrada which was acclaimed by bestselling author Stephen Harding, by Carl Gnam of Military Heritage magazine and by Michael Dirda in The Washington Post. He is also a classical rapier fencer. His Battle for the Island Kingdom (Osprey, 2023) was shortlisted in the Military History Matters 2024 book awards. He lives in Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Maps List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part One I. Seven
Feet of English Ground II. Eye of God III. Exile IV. Kievan Rus V.
Miklagard Part Two VI. Varangian VII. Command VIII. Holy Land IX. Sicily X.
Uprising XI. The Burner of Bulgars XII. Reign of Terror XIII. Revolution
XIV. Blinding XV. Power XVI. Lover XVII. Downfall XVIII. War XIX. Escape
from Byzantium Part Three XX. Prince of the Rus XXI. Denmark XXII.
Treachery XXIII. Kings of the North XXIV. Thunderbolt of the North XXV.
Dragon Ships XXVI. Hard Ruler XXVII. The Battle of the Nisa XXVIII. Sweden
XXIX. England Part Four XXX. Stamford Bridge Epilogue: The Last Viking A
Note on Sources Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

The Last Viking reads like the sagas on which it is based. It's Beowulf on steroids, laced with purple prose...This book is great fun.