Olaf the Glorious: A Story of the Viking Age
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (869 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01LZZ3RWW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 198 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
grim norseman said Fav viking book. I've collected over 100 books on many viking subjects and this is my favorite of the ones I've read so far. It is an account of Olaf Tryggveson from childhood to his betrayal and death in his final battle. Short but sweet. Olav lived and died in this book the way all viking kings should
The original treaty of peace drawn up between King Ethelred the Second and Olaf still exists to fix the date of the invasion, while the famous battle of Maldon, in which the Norse adventurer gained a victory over the East Anglians, is described at length by a nameless contemporary poet, whose “Death of Brihtnoth” remains as one of the finest of early English narrative poems, full of noble patriotism and primitive simplicity.I have given no dates throughout these pages, but for the convenience of readers who may wish for greater exactness it may be as well to state here that Olaf was born A.D. My hero is not an imaginary one; he was a real flesh and blood man who reigned as King of Norway just nine centuries ago. The following narrative is not so much a story as a biography. I have made free use of these old time records, and have added only such probable incidents as were necessary to give a continuous thread of interest to the narrative. Olaf reigned only five years as King of Norway, being crowned in 995, and ending his reign with his death in the glorious defeat at Svold in the year 1000. 963, that he started on his wanderings as a viking in the year 981, that the sea fight between the vikings of Jomsburg and the Norwegians took place in 986, and the battle of Maldon in the year 991. But in most instances th