Literary Thoughts edition presents The Last of the Vikings by Henry Treece
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"The Last of the Vikings" is a novel about Harald Hardrada, who met his death in 1066 when fighting at Stamford Bridge against King Harold Godwinson of England. It was written in 1964 by British poet and prolific writer Henry Treece (1911-1966).
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Henry Treece. The Last of the Vikings (Henry Treece) (Literary Thoughts Edition)
The Last of the Vikings, by HenryTreece
Prologue
CHAPTER 1 – The Spears of Stiklestad
CHAPTER 2 – Bolverk's Bargain
CHAPTER 3 – Sword from the Summerbird
CHAPTER 4 – Fur-train to Novgorod
CHAPTER 5 – Jaroslav's Yuletide Feasting
CHAPTER 6 – The Tax Gathering
CHAPTER 7 – Over the Weirs
CHAPTER 8 – Burnt Longship
CHAPTER 9 – Flight of the Summerbird
Epilogue
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Literary Thoughts Edition presents
And especially the hawk noticed a broad banner that lay, spread over a hillock to keep its white silk unwrinkled, for on this banner was pictured another great bird, the black raven with its wings outspread, Odin's bird.
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'On, Emma, on!' he grunted that hot day. 'Let us have no woman's treachery about you. Keep the arrows out, that is all I ask.'
As he spoke, two strange things happened. First, an angry cry went up from the tight-packed Norse carles in the foremost ranks. 'Ljot is down!' one said. 'Now the English are coming over the bridge.'
