The Long Ships The Long Ships

The Long Ships

Frans G. Bengtsson and Others
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Publisher Description

A beloved Viking saga and masterpiece of historical fiction, The Long Ships is a high spirited adventure that stretches from Scandinavia to Spain, England, Ireland, and beyond. 

Frans Gunnar Bengtsson’s The Long Ships resurrects the fantastic world of the tenth century AD when the Vikings roamed and rampaged from the northern fastnesses of Scandinavia down to the Mediterranean. Bengtsson’s hero, Red Orm—canny, courageous, and above all lucky—is only a boy when he is abducted from his Danish home by the Vikings and made to take this place at the oars of their dragon-prowed ships. Orm is then captured by the Moors in Spain, where he is initiated into the pleasures of the senses and fights for the Caliph of Cordova. Escaping from captivity, Orm washes up in Ireland, where he marvels at those epicene creatures, the Christian monks, and from which he then moves on to play an ever more important part in the intrigues of the various Scandinavian kings and clans and dependencies. Eventually, Orm contributes to the Viking defeat of the army of the king of England and returns home an off-the-cuff Christian and a very rich man, though back on his native turf new trials and tribulations will test his cunning and determination. Packed with pitched battles and blood feuds and told throughout with wit and high spirits, Bengtsson’s book is a splendid adventure that features one of the most unexpectedly winning heroes in modern fiction.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2010
July 6
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
528
Pages
PUBLISHER
New York Review Books
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
2
MB

Customer Reviews

Henielsen78 ,

Heroic Epic

A fantastic story for anyone who romanticizes the Viking age of exploration.

Worth reading more than once.

DLN1002477 ,

The Long Ships

Excellent writing, an exciting story and a joy to read!

Wordacer ,

The Long Ships

Well worth your time.

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