Seven Viking Romances

Author:
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141966807
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339

Book Description
Combining traditional myth, oral history and re-worked European legend to depict an ancient realm of heroism and wonder, the seven tales collected here are among the most fantastical of all the Norse romances. Powerfully inspired works of Icelandic imagination, they relate intriguing, often comical tales of famous kings, difficult gods and women of great beauty, goodness or cunning. The tales plunder a wide range of earlier literature from Homer to the French romances - as in the tale of the wandering hero Arrow-Odd, which combines several older legends, or Egil and Asmund, where the story of Odysseus and the Cyclops is skilfully adapted into a traditional Norse legend. These are among the most outrageous, delightful and exhilarating tales in all Icelandic literature.

Seven Viking Romances

Author: none
Publisher: ePenguin
ISBN: 9780140444742
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
Combining traditional myth, oral history and re-worked European legend to depict an ancient realm of heroism and wonder, the seven tales collected here are among the most fantastical of all the Norse romances. Powerfully inspired works of Icelandic imagination, they relate intriguing, often comical tales of famous kings, difficult gods and women of great beauty, goodness or cunning. The tales plunder a wide range of earlier literature from Homer to the French romances ? as in the tale of the wandering hero Arrow-Odd, which combines several older legends, or Egil and Asmund, where the story of Odysseus and the Cyclops is skilfully adapted into a traditional Norse legend. These are among the most outrageous, delightful and exhilarating tales in all Icelandic literature.

Two Viking Romances

Author:
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9780146001567
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description

The Book of the Seven Delights

Author: Betina Krahn
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780515139723
Category : Librarians
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Librarian Abigail Merchant stumbles upon the journals of an eccentric scholar, leading her on a quest to find the Great Library of Alexandria and recover a priceless artifact with the help of an ex-legionnaire with a checkered past.

Vikings and Goths

Author: Gary Dean Peterson
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476662185
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 323

Book Description
The Vikings descended upon Europe at the close of the 8th century, invading the continent's western seas and river systems, trading, raiding and spreading terror. In the north, they settled Iceland and Greenland and reached North America. In the east, Swedish Varangians established a river road to the Orient. With the collapse of the Viking commercial empire, Sweden and the other Scandinavian countries struggled to survive, their hardships exacerbated by internal strife, foreign domination and the Black Death. This book details the development of Scandinavia--Sweden in particular--from the end of the Ice Age, through a series of prehistoric cultures, the Bronze and Iron ages, to the Viking period and late Middle Ages. Recent research suggests a Swedish origin of the Goths, who helped dismember the Roman Empire, and evidence of Swedish participation in the western Viking expeditions. Special attention is given to Eastern Europe, where Sweden dominated commerce through the conquest of trade towns and the river systems of Russia.

Seven Viking Days

Author: Lee Cuesta
Publisher: Infinity Publishing (PA)
ISBN: 9781495805844
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Viking Heat

Author: Sandra Hill
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110114002X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255

Book Description
Psychologist Joy Nelson thinks things are bad when she finds herself training in the modern-day female Navy SEALs program. But then her life takes a turn for the worse. Somehow she’s been thrust back in time to the cold Norselands, being auctioned off as a thrall, or slave—a gift for a Viking warlord, who would be a perfect candidate for Male Chauvinist Viking of the Centuries. Watch a Video

Hrolf Gautreksson

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780090025015
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Amazon Ads for Authors: Unlock Your Full Advertising Potential

Author: Ricardo Fayet
Publisher: Reedsy
ISBN: 1786130173
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 198

Book Description
Have you been struggling to sell your books on Amazon? In theory, Amazon ads should be the most effective way to boost sales — a well-targeted ad can reach potential readers at the precise moment they’re looking for their next book. But in practice, authors often struggle to run profitable campaigns. After helping hundreds of authors run their Amazon Ads and managing over a million dollars in advertising spend in the process, Reedsy’s Co-founder Ricardo Fayet is sharing his best-kept secrets in this Amazon Ads book. In this second book of the popular Reedsy Marketing Guides series, you will learn: ✔️ The fundamental guiding principles of advertising books on Amazon, ✔️ How to build a comprehensive list of product and keyword targets, ✔️ What type of ad campaign will best suit your book, ✔️ How to optimize your click-through-rate to boost delivery, ✔️ How to optimize your campaigns for profit, and ✔️ How to scale and progressively grow your spend while keeping your profit levels. Each step is illustrated with examples and screenshots so that you can immediately apply the advice to your own campaigns. Whether you’re just starting with Amazon Advertising or have been running ads for years, this is the book to take your advertising game to the next level. Get your copy now and benefit from all the experience of a seasoned advertising professional.

A Tale of Two Vikings

Author: Sandra Hill
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062343874
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 263

Book Description
Has an eye for the ladies, loves a good fight. Splits his sides over rude jokes. Won't ask directions no matter how lost he is . . . even in a longship, for the love of Odin! Sound like anyone you know? Maybe every man you know? Toste and Vagn Ivarsson are all that and more—a lot more. Identical Viking twins, they came squalling into this world together, rode their first horses at the age of seven, their first maids during their thirteenth summer, and rode off on longships as untried fourteen-year-old warriors. And now, having seen only thirty and one winters, they are about to face Valhalla together. Or maybe something even more tragic: being separated. For even the most virile Viking must eventually leave his best buddy behind and do battle with that most fearsome of all opponents—the love of his life.