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Nic Fields God's Viking: Harald Hardrada (Hardback). Title: God's Viking: Harald Hardrada. Author: Nic Fields. Format: Hardback. Item Length: 156mm. Item Height: 234mm. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB. Language: English. Condition: New. Further DetailsTitle: God's Viking: Harald Hardrada Condition: New Subtitle: The Varangian Guard of the Byzantine Emprerors Ad998 to 1204 Author: Nic Fields Format: Hardback EAN: 9781473823426 ISBN: 9781473823426 Publisher: Pen & Sword Military Genre: History Topic: Military History Release Date: 11/20/2019 Description: Harald Hardrada is perhaps best known as the inheritor of seven feet of English soil in that year of fateful change, 1066\. But Stamford Bridge was the terminal point of a warring career that spanned decades and continents. Thus, prior to forcibly occupying the Norwegian throne, Harald had an interesting (and lucrative) career in the Varangian Guard, and he remains unquestionably the most notable of all the Varangians who served the Byzantine emperors: in the latter employment he saw active service in the Aegean, Sicily, Italy, Anatolia, Syria, Palestine and Bulgaria, while in Constantinople he was the hired muscle behind a palace revolution. A man of war, his reign in Norway was to be taken up with a wasteful, vicious and ultimately futile conflict against Denmark, a kingdom (like England) he believed was his to rule. We follow Harald s life from Stiklestad, where aged fifteen he fought alongside his half-brother king Olaf, through his years as a mercenary in Russia and Byzantium, then back to Norway, ending with his death in battle in England. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 234mm Item Length: 156mm Release Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
