Download or read book A Viking Queen s Legacy written by Alfreða Jonsdottir and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Queen of Dubhlinn is a powerful position for any woman, and Aud, the youngest daughter of Ketill Flat-Nose, readily agrees to marry into this prestigious role. Beautiful, intelligent, competitive, and very ambitious, this young woman has grand plans for the future. Olaf, a charismatic warrior-king, becomes the key to her master plan. In the beginning, the marriage is a passionate union, but the King's infidelities begin to wear thin. Searching for a distraction to shut out her pain, she allows her curiosity to take over and fearlessly delves into learning about Christian principles. Although confident within her own pagan beliefs, her obsession for knowledge and understanding of their ideology soon captivates her. Or is it the young red-haired priest who captivates her? Will this obsession challenge her pagan values? Set in the ninth century, this tale draws on the Icelandic sagas for its characters and details, depicting the expansion of these Northmen in Ireland, Scotland, and the northern islands through a strong female protagonist. Aud the Deep-Minded actually existed, and is honoured by the people of Iceland as one of its original settlers in their Landnámbók, or Book of Settlements. Approximately four hundred people arrived from different parts of Europe, including the areas represented in this story, and spawned a nation of poets and writers. The Icelandic sagas, over a thousand years old, are a treasured collection of family sagas waiting to be explored. A Viking Queen's Legacy is a story of one woman's life that opens a window on these infamous Northmen and their expansion and fight for land, wealth and power. She acquires all of that and more and finds love in the midst of surviving hate, dynastic struggles, and treachery, leaving a legacy of family spread throughout the northern islands, including Iceland.
Download or read book The Viking Queen s Men written by Holley Trent and published by Holley Trent. This book was released on 2014-11-02 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contessa Dahl has spent most of her life in a haze. As a rudderless orphan, most of her decisions involved her fists and feet and choosing to either fight or run. At twenty-eight, she’s chosen to clean up her act, and just in time. She’s destined to be a special kind of leader. Born into a reclusive group of Viking descendants in rural New Mexico, Tess was meant to become a link for them all—their queen and conduit. Her childhood abduction and the death of her parents meant her people, the Afótama, have had a hole in their web for too long. Now that she’s back at home, it’s Tess’s job to mend it. But she can’t do it alone. She needs a perfect mate to fill in her psychic gaps, and two men claim to be fated for the job. Harvey Lang, her childhood champion, and the group outsider Oliver Gilisson would fight to the death to win her. However, Fate has another monkey wrench thrown into the works for the reluctant new queen: to gain full control of her considerable power, she must find a way to keep them both. ___ A MFM psychic Viking ménage romance. Also available in The Afótama Legacy: The Chieftain's Daughter, Viking's Pride, and Viking Flame, The Viking's Witch, and A Legacy Divided.
Download or read book Af tama Legacy written by Holley Trent and published by Holley Trent. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 1107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the unfiltered magic and unbridled passion of the Southwest’s most chaotic supernaturals from the very beginning. Meet hot-mess Queen Tess, her chieftains, and the rest of Norseton’s unorthodox royals as they band together to locate their missing people and unravel the decades-long mystery of who’s been trying to destroy them. The collection contains the entire Afótama Legacy series in timeline order: The Viking Queen’s Men The Chieftain’s Daughter Viking’s Pride Viking Flame The Viking’s Witch Beauty & the Viking A Legacy Divided Legacy Each story in the series contains a satisfying romantic arc. (Note: The Viking Queen’s Men and The Chieftain’s Daughter follow the same trio of characters as their triad evolves.)
Download or read book The Queens and Royal Women of Sweden c 970 1330 written by Caroline Wilhelmsson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-11 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first major piece of scholarship to provide an overview of the lives of Sweden’s earliest documented queens, together with some of their most influential female relatives, who lived between 970 and 1330. Spanning a period over 350 years, approximately 40 biographies are included from the semi-legendary Viking queen Sigrid Storråda to Duchess Ingeborg of Norway, the first female de jure and de facto ruler of Sweden. Rather than merely summarising previous research, this study offers new perspectives on the evolution of queenship in medieval Sweden. It tracks the different religious, political, and socio-economic trends which defined and shaped the office of queen and identifies three main phases of development which led to royal women’s economic and political emancipation by the mid-fourteenth century. The study’s main strength lies in its close reading and novel interpretation of the surviving primary sources, enabling readers to understand the importance of these women and wider themes such as state formation, Christianisation, and international politics. The Queens and Royal Women of Sweden, c. 970–1330 is of interest to scholars of queenship and gender studies, medieval historians in general, those with an interest in ecclesiastical history, and anyone studying medieval Scandinavia.
Download or read book Kings And Queens written by A.J. Kingston and published by A. J. KINGSTON. This book was released on 2023-02-13 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kings and Queens: The Power Struggles of Medieval Europe is a comprehensive and engaging exploration of the power struggles of medieval Europe. The book provides an in-depth look at the lives and legacies of the kings and queens who ruled during this time, and it examines the ways in which their actions and ambitions helped to shape the course of European history. With a focus on major events and developments of the medieval period, including the Crusades, the Black Death, and the Reformation, this book provides a unique and fascinating look at the power struggles of the time. It explores the complex web of political, religious, and military factors that shaped the medieval period, and it provides a comprehensive and engaging exploration of the actions and ambitions of the kings and queens who ruled during this time. Kings and Queens: The Power Struggles of Medieval Europe is written in an accessible and engaging style, making it suitable for students of history, lovers of medieval literature, or anyone who is interested in the power struggles of the past. With its rich and detailed exploration of the medieval period, this book provides a comprehensive and engaging look at one of the most fascinating and important periods in European history. Whether you are a student of history, a lover of medieval literature, or simply someone who is interested in the power struggles of the past, Kings and Queens: The Power Struggles of Medieval Europe is a must-read book that provides a rich and engaging look at the lives and legacies of the kings and queens who ruled during this time.
Download or read book River Kings written by Cat Jarman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow an epic story of the Viking Age that traces the historical trail of an ancient piece of jewelry found in a Viking grave in England to its origins thousands of miles east in India. An acclaimed bioarchaeologist, Catrine Jarman has used cutting-edge forensic techniques to spark her investigation into the history of the Vikings who came to rest in British soil. By examining teeth that are now over one thousand years old, she can determine childhood diet—and thereby where a person was likely born. With radiocarbon dating, she can ascertain a death-date down to the range of a few years. And her research offers enlightening new visions of the roles of women and children in Viking culture. Three years ago, a Carnelian bead came into her temporary possession. River Kings sees her trace the path of this ancient piece of jewelry back to eighth-century Baghdad and India, discovering along the way that the Vikings’ route was far more varied than we might think—that with them came people from the Middle East, not just Scandinavia, and that the reason for this unexpected integration between the Eastern and Western worlds may well have been a slave trade running through the Silk Road, all the way to Britain. Told as a riveting history of the Vikings and the methods we use to understand them, this is a major reassessment of the fierce, often-mythologized voyagers of the North—and of the global medieval world as we know it.
Download or read book Vikings written by Kelly Farrell and published by Centennial Books. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over one thousand years ago, kingdoms across Europe were changed forever as the Vikings sailed in. Prepare here to board an iconic Norse ship and be transported into the battles, the legacies, and the everyday lives of these intrepid warriors. From buried treasure to noble laws, to murderouos myths: this the story of the Vikings. The Vikings were the original explorers with a legacy going back to 800 AD. Popular culture thinks the 1600s was the Age of Discovery when Europe discovered the Americas. Did you know some of the most exciting days of seafaring expansion took place close to a thousand years before that when a group of seafaring Scandinavians departed their homelands for the British Isles, seeking great power and prosperity at all costs? For the next three centuries, the daring voyagers pillaged and plundered their way to a vast kingdom, and in the process, developed new trade routes, spreading everything from commerce to art to language from the Far East to the New World. The pages of this book will take you into the Norseman's universe - their daily lives and ritual deaths. We’ll explore the magical mythology of the Norse gods, go behind-the-scenes of the hit History series Vikings, and examine their lasting legacy on the today's world. We even cover pop culture too — much of Game of Thrones was based on the vikings (and countless other shows and movies too). Here, in these richly illustrated pages, is everything you need to know about the medieval warriors of the sea.
Download or read book Children of Ash and Elm written by Neil Price and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive history of the Vikings -- from arts and culture to politics and cosmology -- by a distinguished archaeologist with decades of expertise The Viking Age -- from 750 to 1050 -- saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe. But for centuries, the Vikings have been seen through the eyes of others, distorted to suit the tastes of medieval clerics and Elizabethan playwrights, Victorian imperialists, Nazis, and more. None of these appropriations capture the real Vikings, or the richness and sophistication of their culture. Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and Elm tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology and religion, their material world. Known today for a stereotype of maritime violence, the Vikings exported new ideas, technologies, beliefs, and practices to the lands they discovered and the peoples they encountered, and in the process were themselves changed. From Eirík Bloodaxe, who fought his way to a kingdom, to Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, the most traveled woman in the world, Children of Ash and Elm is the definitive history of the Vikings and their time.
Download or read book The Rose Legacy written by Jessica Day George and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sweeping, emotionally-resonant fantasy from beloved author Jessica Day George is perfect for fans of Princess Academy and Black Beauty. When orphaned Anthea Cross-Thornley receives a letter from a long-lost uncle, she wonders if she will finally find a true home. But she is shocked to learn that her uncle secretly breeds horses--animals that have been forbidden in her kingdom for centuries. More alarming is Anthea's strange ability to sense the horses' thoughts and feelings, an ancient gift called The Way. Confused and terrified, Anthea is desperate to leave, but when her family and kingdom are put at risk, can she embrace The Way and the exciting future it might bring her? A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year
Download or read book The Real Valkyrie written by Nancy Marie Brown and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Stacy Schiff’s Cleopatra, Brown lays to rest the hoary myth that Viking society was ruled by men and celebrates the dramatic lives of female Viking warriors “Once again, Brown brings Viking history to vivid, unexpected life—and in the process, turns what we thought we knew about Norse culture on its head. Superb.” —Scott Weidensaul, author of New York Times bestselling A World on the Wing "Magnificent. It captured me from the very first page." —Pat Shipman, author of The Invaders In 2017, DNA tests revealed to the collective shock of many scholars that a Viking warrior in a high-status grave in Birka, Sweden was actually a woman. The Real Valkyrie weaves together archaeology, history, and literature to imagine her life and times, showing that Viking women had more power and agency than historians have imagined. Nancy Marie Brown uses science to link the Birka warrior, whom she names Hervor, to Viking trading towns and to their great trade route east to Byzantium and beyond. She imagines her life intersecting with larger-than-life but real women, including Queen Gunnhild Mother-of-Kings, the Viking leader known as The Red Girl, and Queen Olga of Kyiv. Hervor’s short, dramatic life shows that much of what we have taken as truth about women in the Viking Age is based not on data, but on nineteenth-century Victorian biases. Rather than holding the household keys, Viking women in history, law, saga, poetry, and myth carry weapons. These women brag, “As heroes we were widely known—with keen spears we cut blood from bone.” In this compelling narrative Brown brings the world of those valkyries and shield-maids to vivid life.
Download or read book The Last Viking Queen written by Janelle Taylor and published by Pinnacle Books . This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He saved her life and she gave him a throne. Joined together by royal decree, the Princess Alysa and her beloved Prince Gavin share a bond of power and passion that no man can tear asunder. But when their kingdom on the enchanted isle of Britain is attacked, Alysa mounts her noble steed and joins her warrior army against the northern invaders who would divide her peaceful realm. Defiant and unafraid, Alysa battles the barbaric Norsemen-with a bold, seductive plan that will sweep her into the arms of her most dangerous enemy. . .before she can return to her land and the lover whose searing caresses will burn in her heart forevermore. . .
Download or read book Ragnar Lothbrok written by Dustin Yarc and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Centuries following his death, Ragnar Lothbrok's name is still shrouded in mystery and legends. He is said to have been a 9th-century Danish king who battled many great foreign armies. Ragnar was famous for being a brutal warlord and acquired his fortune by raiding kingdoms surrounding his native Scandinavia. This book will help you learn more about the infamous Viking called Ragnar Lothbrok. In this book, you will learn: - Who Ragnar Lothbrok was - Who is sons and wives were - How Ragnar died - A general history of Vikings and the Great Heathen Army - Theories about whether Ragnar Lothbrok really existed, or is simply a fictional hero created from the events and lives of multiple historical figures - And much more There isn't any shortage of entertainment in this book. In fact, it won't even seem like you are learning history!
Download or read book Marah Hein the Legend of a Viking Woman written by Francine J. Colangelo and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2012-03-14 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the enthralling tale of a woman who finds the luminous glory of the heart through love, adventure and exploration on the path of the true Spiritual Warrior. Francines uncanny and flamboyant style mesmerises to the point of being blissed out. Winston McQuade, TV correspondant Marah lives inside our hearts. We feel and taste both the bitter and sweet fruit of her trials and triumphs. Th is legends characters are creative and complex and become part of our psyche. Francines writing is pure genious. Christine Marie Peters, Radio host Francine J. Colangelo worked for 20 years in the communication arena. She devoted most of her professional life using her talent as a creative writer to serve other artists and promote their work. Now shes ready to stand as an artist herself. As such she loves to explore new avenues where she invites us to join her. Shes interested in everything that contributes to the unfolding of our highest potential. And when she needs a rest, she enjoys an episode of Northern Exposure on dvd. Her poem Gracious Flow is semi-finalist in the World Poetry Contest. To learn more about Francine and what shes up to now visit www.blueagora.com
Download or read book Writing Her In written by Holley Trent and published by Carina Press. This book was released on 2019-03-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s room in a heart for more than one kind of love. Dara and Adrien Valliere are soul mates and best friends…but they’re not lovers. Their marriage may be unconventional, but it’s satisfying and loving, and they’ve never needed anything or anyone else. Until they met writer Stacia Leonard. Stacia built a career on maintaining close ties with her fictional characters while keeping everyone else at arm’s length. She avoids intimacy, apart from a few one-night stands when the loneliness and need become too much. But when Adrien Valliere, her cover model and long-distance friend, invites her for drinks, she’s too fascinated to refuse. Dara recognizes the physical attraction between her husband and Stacia and sees it for what it is: an opportunity to help Adrien get what he needs. Dara can breathe easy knowing that both she and her husband are happy. Before long, though, it’s clear that Stacia’s connection isn’t just with Adrien… She and Dara have something special, and it’s something neither of them can—or want to—deny. One-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN. It’s a promise!
Download or read book Three Part Harmony written by Holley Trent and published by Carina Press. This book was released on 2019-08-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes three is deliciously better than two Raleigh McKean has borne witness to every conceivable way one person can take advantage of another. He sees it all the time in his job as a book publicist, especially working alongside his boss’s daughter. Everley Shannon would be amazing if she wasn’t such a pain in his ass. All Raleigh wants is something real. But when the captivating stranger he agrees to go home with turns out to be Bruce Engle, the elusive rock star, it’s a harsh reminder that users are everywhere. Raleigh’s his route to a book deal, nothing more. What Raleigh doesn’t realize is that the brooding musician is also searching for something real—and it’s possible he’s already found it in Everley’s arms. But is there room in those arms for one more? With Everley’s own dream of getting out from under her father’s shadow crumbling into chaos, it feels like the perfect time to embrace something new. But when Raleigh’s insatiable attraction to both Everley and Bruce makes it impossible to keep his distance, there’s only one obvious solution…assuming they can learn how to share. This book is approximately 75,000 words One-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN. It’s a promise!
Download or read book The Far Traveler written by Nancy Marie Brown and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brown's enthusiasm is infectious as she re-teaches us our history."--The Boston Globe Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before sailing home. Or so the Icelandic sagas say. Even after archaeologists found a Viking longhouse in Newfoundland, no one believed that the details of Gudrid's story were true. Then, in 2001, a team of scientists discovered what may have been this pioneering woman's last house, buried under a hay field in Iceland, just where the sagas suggested it could be. Joining scientists experimenting with cutting-edge technology and the latest archaeological techniques, and tracing Gudrid's steps on land and in the sagas, Nancy Marie Brown reconstructs a life that spanned--and expanded--the bounds of the then-known world. She also sheds new light on the society that gave rise to a woman even more extraordinary than legend has painted her and illuminates the reasons for its collapse. "Brown rightly leaves scholarly work to scholars. Instead, her account presents an enthusiastic appreciation of her education in how fieldwork and literature offer insights into the past."--The Seattle Times "[Brown has] a lovely ear for storytelling."--Los Angeles Times Book Review NANCY MARIE BROWN is the author of A Good Horse Has No Color and Mendel in the Kitchen. She lives in Vermont with her husband, the writer Charles Fergus.
Download or read book History and Heritage written by Simon Ditchfield and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just what is it that we want from the past? History offers us true stories about the past; heritage sells or provides us with the past we appear to desire. The dividing line between history and heritage is, however, far from clear. This collection of papers addresses the division between history and heritage by looking at the ways in which we make use of the past, the way we consume our yesterdays. Looking at a wide variety of fields, including architectural history, museums, films, novels and politics, the authors examine the ways in which the past is invoked in contemporary culture, and question the politics of drawing upon 'history' in present-day practices. In topics ranging from Braveheart to Princess Diana, the Piltdown Man to the National History Curriculum, war memorials to stately homes, "History and Heritage" explores the presence of the past in our lives, and asks, how, and to what end, are we using the idea of the past. Who is consuming the past and why?
