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26%OFFFrans G. Bengtsson - The Long Ships: A Saga of the Viking Age - 9780007560707 - V9780007560707
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The Long Ships: A Saga of the Viking Age

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Description for The Long Ships: A Saga of the Viking Age Paperback. This saga brings alive the world of the 10th century AD when the Vikings raided the coasts of England. Translator(s): Meyer, Michael. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 388.

This saga brings alive the world of the 10th century AD when the Vikings raided the coasts of England.

Acclaimed as one of the best historical novels ever written, this engaging saga of Viking adventure in 10th century northern Europe has a very appealing young hero, Orm Tostesson, whose story we follow from inexperienced youth to adventurous old age, through slavery and adventure to a royal marriage and the search for great treasure. Viking expeditions take him to lands as far apart as England, Moorish Spain, Gaardarike (the country that ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007560707
SKU
V9780007560707
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About Frans G. Bengtsson
Frans G. Bengtsson, Swedish essayist, novelist, poet, and biographer, was born in Tossjö, near Kristianstad, as the son of the manager of an estate in Skåne. Bengtsson was the first successful practitioner of the informal essay in Sweden, a genre that he virtually introduced to the literature of his own country. His best-known novel is Röde orm (1941-45, The Long ... Read more

Reviews for The Long Ships: A Saga of the Viking Age
‘A masterpiece’ New York Times ‘The author and his excellent translator bring that old, warrior world alive with such vigorous enjoyment and simplicity that the deeds of those men roving about the world in their dragon ships seem as marvellous as those of our atomic age’ Daily Telegraph ... Read more

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