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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings
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Peter Sawyer (Editor)
Were the Vikings, as contemporary description had it, a 'valiant, wrathful, foreign, purely pagan people' who swept in from the sea to plunder and slaughter? 'War-wolves keen in hungry quest', according to later tradition, who lived and died by the sea and the sword? Or were they unusually successful merchants, extortionists, and pioneer ...
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A History of the Vikings
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Gwyn Jones
'An utterly splendid book, quite the most brilliantly written, balanced, and explanative general work on the Vikings ever to appear in English or in any language.' Scandinavian Studies The subject of this book is the Viking realms, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, their civilization and culture, and their many sided achievements at home and abroad. A ...
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The Shetland Bus: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Adventure
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David Howarth
In a true story of secret World War II missions across the North Sea, the author of "We Die Alone" recounts the hundreds of trips made by Norwegian fishing boats in the dark of the Arctic winter to resist the Nazi onslaught in 1940.
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Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga
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William Fitzhugh, Elisabeth I Ward
Replete with color photos, drawings, and maps of Viking sites, artifacts, and landscapes, "Vikings" celebrates and explores the Viking saga from the combined perspectives of history, archaeology, oral tradition, literature, and natural science. 500 photos, 450 in color. 20 line drawings. 20 maps.
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Christina, Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric
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Veronica Buckley
This debut work is a lively and sparkling biography offering a rare glimpse of the world of 17th-century Europe through the figure of an unorthodox and compelling queen.
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Viking
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Susan Margeson
Presenting an overview of this culture, from music to mealtime, social hierarchy, to the more violent aspects of their explorations and expansions into new territories, this fascinating look at the life of the Vikings examines their ships, weapons, and artifacts. Full-color photos.
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Of Swedish Ways
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Lilly Lorenzen
Here is a book filled with the sights and sounds of a people steeped in a background of fine old traditions. It is a charming account of Swedish customs that goes beyond their democratic monarchy, their progressive social-welfare programs, their avant-garde movies, and their excellence of design. For Swedish-Americans this book will have special ...
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A Concise History of Sweden
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Neil Kent
A comprehensive history of Sweden is much needed. Neil Kent's book sweeps through Sweden's history from the Stone Age to the present day. Early coverage includes Viking hegemony, the Scandinavian Union, the Reformation and Sweden's political zenith as Europe's greatest superpower in the seventeenth century, while later chapters explore the Swedish ...
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The Rise of the Dutch Republic
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John Lothrop Motley
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER VI Francis Junius?His sermon at Cnlemburg House?The Compromise?Portraits of Sarnte-Aldegonde, of Louis of Nassau, of " Toison d'Or," of Charles Mansfeld ...
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Vikings
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Magnus Magnusson
First published in 1980 to accompany a major BBC Television series, this book explores the myth and the reality of Viking culture. The Vikings have a traditional image as fierce sea-warriors, but recent archaeological discoveries in Europe and America show them in a new light - as the greatest traders of their day and as explorers who extended the ...
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The Sledge Patrol: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Victory
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David Howarth
The exciting tale of how the Sledge Patrol--a group of Danish and Norwegian hunters who used dog sleds to patrol a 500 mile stretch of the coast--out ran and outsmarted the pursuing German army during World War II. A story of skill, faith, courage and endurance. Photos.
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A Frozen Hell: The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939-1940
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William R Trotter
The bitterly cold conditions under which the soldiers fought are highlighted in this history of the Russo-Finnish War.
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The Baltic: A New History of the Region and Its People
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Alan Palmer
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Viking Empires
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Angelo Forte, Professor Richard Oram, Frederik Pedersen
Viking Empires is a definitive new history of five hundred years of Viking civilisation and the first study of the global implications of the expansion, integration, and reorientation of the Viking World. Offering an assessment of Scandinavian society before the 790s, the book traces the political, military, cultural and religious history of the ...
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Kings and Vikings: Scandinavia and Europe, A.D. 700-1100
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P H Sawyer
Professor Sawyer offers some new interpretations of the development of Scandinavian society and the history of the Christian conversion.
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Iceland saga
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Magnus Magnusson
Magnus Magnusson relates the world-famous Icelandic sagas to the spectacular living landscapes of today, taking the reader of a literary tour of the mountains, valleys and fjords where the heroes and heroines of the sagas lived out their eventful lives. And he tells the story of the first Viking settler Ingolfur Anarson.
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A Conspiracy of Decency: The Rescue of the Danish Jews During World War II
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Emmy E Werner
The dramatic and compelling rescue of the Danish Jews from the hands of the Nazis, told through firsthand accounts and personal stories. The people of Denmark managed to save almost their countrys entire Jewish population from extinction in a spontaneous act of humanity one of the most compelling stories of moral courage in the history of World ...
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A Short History of Finland
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Frederick Bernard Singleton
This is a second edition of the most successful study of Finland in the English language. It presents the reader - whether tourist, student, specialist, or business person - with a readable and authoritative introduction to the Finns and the present position of their country in the modern world. A Short History of Finland traces the historical ...
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Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway
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Snorri Sturluson, Lee M Hollander (Translator)
Beginning with the dim prehistory of the mythical gods and their descendants, Snorri Sturluson tells us how scions of those descendants, the Swedish kings, colonised and subdued Norway, shire by shire, until King Harald Fairhair united the whole realm. The long line of his successors ruled Norway with varying fortunes, achieving, at one time, a ...
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History of the Swedish People
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Vilhelm Moberg
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The Vicious Vikings
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Terry Deary, Martin C Brown (Illustrator)
Packed with frightening facts about the vile Viking invaders and their Saxon enemies, this book takes a look at history - with the nasty bits left in.
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Nordic Religions in the Viking Age
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Thomas A DuBois
The popular image of the Viking as a horn-helmeted berserker plying the ocean in a dragon-headed long boat is firmly fixed in history. Imagining Viking "conquerors" as much more numerous, technologically superior, and somehow inherently more warlike than their neighbors has overshadowed the cooperation and cultural exchange which characterized ...
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A Concise History of Finland
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David Kirby
Few countries in Europe have undergone such rapid social, political and economic changes as Finland has during the last fifty years. David Kirby here sets out the fascinating history of this northern country, for centuries on the east-west divide of Europe, a country not blessed by nature, most of whose inhabitants still earned a living from ...
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Discover Denmark : on Denmark and the Danes; past, present and future
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Per Himmelstrup, Vivien Andersen, Danske kulturinstitut
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A Stand Against Tyranny: Norways Physicians and the Nazis
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Maynard M Cohen
While many citizens participated on the Resistance, the role of Norway's physicians was central to its efforts. This book retells the dramatic history of Norway's physicians during the Nazi occupation - of their valour, dedication and irreplaceable contribution to their nation's liberation.
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