Hammer of the Gods King Olaf's Viking Conquest

Weaving together traditional Norse sagas and Anglo-Saxon chronicles to vividly depict the violence and spectacle of the Viking age, Don Hollway brings the legendary Olaf Tryggvasson to life. Hammer of the Gods tells the extraordinary saga of Olaf Tryggvason - warlord, wanderer, king, and crusader - whose life rivals the most legendary figures of Viking lore. Born in exile and hunted from birth, Olaf survived slavery, betrayal, and shipwreck to become a fearsome warrior across the Viking world from the icy fjords of Norway to the courts of Kyiv, the slave markets of the Baltics, and the battlefields of England and Ireland. His rise would shake the foundations of Norse society, forge new kingdoms, and ignite a holy war against the old gods themselves. In an age of axe and flame, when the Viking world stood at the crossroads of pagan traditions and the spread of Christianity, Olaf emerged as the fiercest adherent to the new faith - a sword in one hand and a cross in the other. Drawing on a vast array of early medieval sources from Icelandic sagas and skaldic verse to Byzantine and Anglo-Saxon chronicles, Don Hollway brings the world of Olay Tryggvason vividly to life cutting through the legend to reveal the man behind the myth. For readers of Bernard Cornwell and lovers of Viking history, Hammer of the Gods is the epic history of a great Norse king whose story shaped the fate of a civilization.

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Don Hollway

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Don Hollway
• Editore: Osprey Publishers
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 07.05.2026
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Medioevo
• EAN: 9781472871589
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-7158-9
• Numero di pagine: 400
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.8 x 24 x 4.4 cm
• Categorie: European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Biography: historical, political & military, Norway, military history, HISTORY / Military / Medieval, Early Christianity, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Norse gods, Biography: historical, political and military, European history: medieval period, middle ages, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Byzantine Empire, Anglo-Saxon, Medieval warfare (predating gunpowder warfare), HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries, c 790 to c 1070 (the Viking Age), Olaf Tryggvason, Crusade, Paganism, Scandinavian history, holy war, Jomsviking; Jomsborg; longship; Viking conquest; Scandinavian history; Olaf Tryggvason; Norway; Svein Forkbeard; Anglo-Saxon; Netflix Vikings; BBC The Last Kingdom; Netflix Vikings Valhalla; Varangian Guard; Byzantine Empire; Harald Bluetooth; early , longship, harald bluetooth, varangian guard, netflix vikings valhalla, Netflix Vikings, Svein Forkbeard, Jomsborg, The Last Viking: The True Story of Harald Hardrada, BBC The Last Kingdom, viking conquest