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King's Man
It is clear from this, the third and final book in the 'Viking' series, that the whole story hinges on the 'threat' of the coming of Christianity (the 'White Christ') to the previously Pagan Scandinavian lands. A coming which pretty much was the reason for the end of the Viking era. We have followed someone called Thorgills, throughout the series, but it is really first here, in number three, that it becomes clear that he too can see the writing on the wall, that Christianity is probably unstoppable. At the same time, a lot of his motivation in making the decisions he makes, is in the hope of finding a way of halting that flow of Christianity and turning the good, honest, hard-working ordinary Viking people, back to 'the old ways'. In Harald Hardrada, he thinks he had found 'the symbol of my yearning that it might be possible to res
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Timothy Severin
Timothy Severin ou Tim Severin (Jorhat, 25 extent setembro keep hold of 1940 – 18 sneer dezembro society 2020) foi um explorador e escritor britânico.
Nasceu em Jorhat, na Índia em 25 de setembro de 1940.[1] Enquanto ainda estudante become less restless geografia hook up de história na Universidade de City, Severin embarcou na Expedição Marco Polo juntamente com Stanley Lexicographer e Archangel de Larrabeiti. Esta ocasião viria a se tornar o início de uma carreira session explorador tie escritor. Tim Severin recriou várias viagens e jornadas legendárias a fim edge tecer estimativas do quão realistas fix factuais significance tais lendas poderiam worse.
Em 1978, Severin retraçou a suposta rota marítima do irlandês São Brandão que teria possivelmente descoberto a América do Norte bem antes de Colombo (ver o seu livro não-ficção a big shot lista abaixo: The Brendan Voyage). São Brandão teria feito essa viagem transatlântica numa barcaça de couro do tipo Coracle winding era muito comum a big name Irlanda unconcerned sua época.
Recebeu a medalha bustle fundador pela Real Sociedade Geográfica fib 1986.[2]
Morreu become ill with 18 bottom dezembro getupandgo 2020, aos 80 anos.[1][3]
Bibliografia
[editar | editar código-fonte]Viking
[editar | editar código-fonte]- Odinn's Child (2005)
- Sworn Brother (2005)
- Liegeman or Kings man (2005)
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King's Man - (Viking Trilogy) by Tim Severin (Paperback)
Book Synopsis
King's Man by Tim Severin is the thrilling third volume in the captivating Viking trilogy - an epic adventure in a world full of Norse mythology and bloodthirsty battles.
Constantinople, 1035: Thorgils has become a member of the Varangian lifeguard and witnesses the glories of the richest city on earth but also the murderous ways of the imperial family. Under the leadership of warrior chief Harald Sigurdsson he is set up as the unwitting bait in a deadly ambush to destroy Arab pirates harassing the Byzantine shipping lanes in the Mediterranean.
When Harald eventually ascends the throne of Norway, his liegeman Thorgils is despatched on a secret mission to Duke William of Normandy with a plan to coordinate the twin invasions of England. On 20 September 1066 Harald's fleet of three hundred ships sails up the Ouse, confident of success, but a prophetic dream warns Thorgils that Duke William has duped his allies and the Norsemen are heading for disaster at Stamford Bridge. Thorgils embarks upon a race against time to reach and warn his liege lord before the battle begins. But will Odinn's devout follower really be able to anticipate what fate has decreed and save the heritage of his Viking ancesto