The Last Viking - The True Story of King Harald Hardrada

''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.>

Product details

• Authors: Don Hollway
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781472846501
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-4650-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Osprey Publishing; Reeds Marine Deck
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Biography: historical, political & military, Norway, military history, HISTORY / Europe / Scandinavia, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Biography: historical, political and military, Byzantine Empire, European history: the Vikings, Medieval warfare (predating gunpowder warfare)