Vikings: A History of the Northmen

by W. B. Bartlett

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The year 1066: a battlefield in England, a mighty king lies prone on the ground, his lifeblood ebbing out of him. As he draws his last breath, the world of which he is the greatest figurehead also moves towards its end, its existence about to pass from history into legend and later into myth. This is not Hastings; it is Stamford Bridge, and the dying king is Harald Hardrada, one of the greatest figures of the Viking age. It was a bolt from the blue when Viking raiders descended on the defenceless monastery at Lindisfarne in 793 and left...Read more
  • ISBN10 1445665948
  • ISBN13 9781445665948
  • Publish Date 15 November 2019
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Amberley Publishing
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 432
  • Language English