The Age of the Vikings
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Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
The Viking Age - between 750 and 1050 - saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they reshaped the world between eastern North Ameri…
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The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings
In AD 793 Norse warriors struck the English isle of Lindisfarne and laid waste to it. Wave after wave of Norse ‘sea-wolves’ followed in search of plunder, land, or a glorious death in battle. Much of …
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The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire
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 listeners in the mindset of Vikings, providing new insight int…
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Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands
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The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Penguin Classics)
'What was the beginning, or how did things start? What was there before?'
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Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That story—and the story of what happened afterwards—has bee…
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River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
A brilliant new history that dramatically reassesses how far the Viking world extended.
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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
In the fifth century BC, a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it regarded as two terrorist states. The superpower was Persia, incomparably rich in ambition, gold and men…
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Egil's Saga
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The Archer's Tale (The Grail Quest, #1)
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, now available in paperback—the first book in the Grail Series--a spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to a…
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Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors
This definitive biography of one of history's most influential father-son duos tells the story of two rulers who gripped the world - and their rise and fall from power.
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Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World
Valkyries: the female supernatural beings that choose who dies and who lives on the battlefield. They protect some, but guide spears, arrows and sword blades into the bodies of others. Viking myths ab…
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The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
The Poetic Edda comprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place in Nordic culture, literature, and heritage. Its tales of strife and death form a repository, in poe…
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The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England, 400–1066
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The Vikings
Far from being just 'wild, barbaric, axe-wielding pirates', the Vikings created complex social institutions, oversaw the coming of Christianity to Scandinavia and made a major impact on European histo…
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The Norman Conquest
An epic tale, with violence at its heart, and a triumph of narrative history.
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The Norman Conquest starts with the most decisive battle in English history and continues with dramatic rebellions and the…