For the Want of Silver
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Sprache:Englisch
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Format
ePUB
Kopierschutz
Ja
Family Sharing
Ja
Text-to-Speech
Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
16.12.2023
Verlag
Bygone Ages PressSeitenzahl
(Printausgabe)
Dateigröße
470 KB
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9781739297657
In the churchyard of the village of Orkesta, just north of the city of Stockholm, there are two eleventh century rune stones. One of them, in a few brief words, tells the world of the extraordinary achievements of Ulf of Borresta, who lived nearby. During a long career as a Viking raider, he became extremely rich on the proceeds of extortion: Danegeld. The carved runes mention the names of real Norse historical figures with whom he ravaged the English countryside. These names can be dated and the raids and battles where the Danegelds were won, identified.
This novel relates about how, over almost 30 violent years, Ulf acquired a fortune in English silver and how it lifted him from a life of poverty to one of wealth and power. However, though he succeeded in becoming rich, it was at the cost of losing the woman he loved.
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