The Greatest Viking The Life of Olav Haraldsson
The Greatest Viking: The Life of Olav Haraldsson by Desmond Seward
English | 3 Nov. 2022 | ISBN: 1780277954 | True EPUB | 272 pages | 8.6 MB
A ruthless Viking warrior who named his most prized battle weapon after the Norse goddess of death, Olav Haraldsson and his mercenaries wrought terror and destruction from the Baltic to Galicia in the early eleventh century. Thousands were put to the sword, enslaved or ransomed. In England, Canterbury was sacked, its archbishop murdered and London Bridge pulled down. The loot amassed from years of plunder helped Olav win the throne of Norway, and a century after his death he was proclaimed 'Eternal King' and has been a national hero there ever since.