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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 into their goals values and what they chose to live and die for
The Wolf Age takes listeners on a thrilling journey through the bloody shared history of England and Scandinavia and on across early medieval Europe from the wild Norwegian fjords to the wealthy cities of Muslim Andalusia
Warfare plotting backstabbing and bribery abound as Tore Skeie skillfully weaves sagas and skaldic poetry with breathless dramatization as he entertainingly brings the world of the Vikings and AngloSaxons to vivid life
In the eleventh century the rulers of the lands surrounding the North Sea are all hungry for power To get power they need soldiers to get soldiers they need silver and to get silver there is no better way than war and plunder
This vicious cycle draws all the lands of the north into a brutal struggle for supremacy and survival that will shatter kingdoms and forge an empire
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