Don Hollway Last Viking (Paperback)

Last VikingDon HollwayLabel: Osprey PublishingDescription: A rich and compelling account of the life of King Harald Hardrada the man who inspired the hit Netflix show Vikings: Valhalla.'The Last Viking reads like the sagas on which it is based. It's Beowulf on steroids laced with purple prose...This book is great fun. '- Gerard DeGroot The TimesHarald Sigurdsson burst into history as a teenaged youth in a Viking battle from which he escaped with little more than his life and a thirst for vengeance. But from these humble origins he became one of Norway’s most legendary kings. The Last Viking is a fast-moving narrative account of the life of King Harald Hardrada as he journeyed across the medieval world from the frozen wastelands of the North to the glittering towers of Byzantium and the passions of the Holy Land until his warrior death on the battlefield in England.Combining Norse sagas Byzantine accounts Anglo-Saxon chronicles and even King Harald’s own verse and prose into a single compelling story Don Hollway vividly depicts the violence and spectacle of the late Viking era and delves into the dramatic events that brought an end to almost three centuries of Norse conquest and expansion.