Battlecruiser: Viking Age: Viking Age

Author: Published by Time-Life Books, translated by Liu Qingping
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: "Giant Ships on the High Seas: The Vikings of the North" is one of the titles in the Time-Life Books series "Living in Distant Times." This volume tells the legendary story of the clever Harald Hardrada in Sicily, as well as other well-known tales of the Vikings. It is rich in content, covering the daily lives of the Vikings, their raids and conquests, successful trade expansion, colonization, and the bold expeditions across the Atlantic. The book draws from a wide range of sources, including existing accounts by travelers, papal officials, and court scribes, as well as Viking legends written by descendants of the Vikings living in Iceland today. Based on these materials, the book tells moving stories, with vivid characters such as kings and slaves, warriors and settlers, and merchants and pirates. Among these legendary figures are Harald the Fairhaired, a famous king who refused to have his hair cut before completely conquering Norway; the thoughtful Orvar, who rescued her children from hostile Scots in the dark of night; and Leif Erikson, known as Lucky Leif, who sailed into the vast, unknown ocean and became the first Viking to reach the New World in America.