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God's Viking: Harald Hardrada

God's Viking: Harald Hardrada

The Varangian Guard of the Byzantine Emprerors Ad998 to 1204

by Nic Fields
Hardback
Publication Date: 19/02/2020

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Harald Hardrada is perhaps best known as the inheritor of seven feet of English soil in that year of fateful change, 1066. But Stamford Bridge was the terminal point of a warring career that spanned decades and continents. Thus, prior to forcibly occupying the Norwegian throne, Harald had an interesting (and lucrative) career in the Varangian Guard, and he remains unquestionably the most notable of all the Varangians who served the Byzantine emperors: in the latter employment he saw active service in the Aegean, Sicily, Italy, Anatolia, Syria, Palestine and Bulgaria, while in Constantinople he was the hired muscle behind a palace revolution. A man of war, his reign in Norway was to be taken up with a wasteful, vicious and ultimately futile conflict against Denmark, a kingdom (like England) he believed was his to rule. We follow Harald s life from Stiklestad, where aged fifteen he fought alongside his half-brother king Olaf, through his years as a mercenary in Russia and Byzantium, then back to Norway, ending with his death in battle in England. AUTHOR: Nic Fields, is a former Royal Marine turned classical scholar and now full-time military historian and tour guide. Among his many previous works are Roman Conquests: North Africa (2010), The Spartan Way (2012) and AD69: Armies, Emperors and Anarchy (forthcoming 2013), all published by Pen and Sword. 20 illustrations
ISBN:
9781473823426
9781473823426
Category:
European history
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
19-02-2020
Publisher:
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
336
Dimensions (mm):
234x156mm
Nic Fields

Dr Nic Fields started his career as a biochemist before joining the Royal Marines. Having left the military, he went back to university and completed a BA and PhD in Ancient History at the University of Newcastle.

He was Assistant Director at the British School at Athens, Greece, and then a lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Edinburgh. Nic is now a freelance author and researcher based in south-west France.

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