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02716aam a22004218i 4500 001 5F7C624672D811EDA0B05B7C49ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221203010154 008 220530s2022 enkab b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1782278354 020 $a 9781782278351 035 $a (OCoLC)1338673644 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d YDX $d OCLCF $d JCX $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h nor 043 $a ev----- $a ev----- 100 1 $a Skeie, Tore, $d 1977- $e author. 245 14 $a The wolf age : $b the Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the battle for the North Sea Empire / $c Tore Skeie ; translated by Alison McCullough. 264 1 $a London : $b Pushkin Press, $c 2022. 300 $a 378 pages ; $c 20 cm 500 $a Translated from the Norwegian. 500 $a Maps on pages 2 and 3 of cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "The first major book on Vikings by a Scandinavian author to be published in English, The Wolf Age reframes the struggle for a North Sea empire and puts readers in the mindset of Vikings, providing new insight into their goals, values, and what they chose to live and die for. Tore Skeie (Norway's Most Important Young Historian) takes readers on a thrilling journey through the bloody shared history of England and Scandinavia, and on across early medieval Europe, from the wild Norwegian fjords to the wealthy cities of Muslim Andalusia. Warfare, plotting, backstabbing and bribery abound as Skeie skillfully weaves sagas and skaldic poetry with breathless dramatization as he entertainingly brings the world of the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons to vivid life. In the eleventh century, the rulers of the lands surrounding the North Sea are all hungry for power. To get power they need soldiers, to get soldiers they need silver, and to get silver there is no better way than war and plunder. This vicious cycle draws all the lands of the north into a brutal struggle for supremacy and survival that will shatter kingdoms and forge an empire..."-- $c Provided by publisher. 648 7 $a To 1397 $2 fast 650 0 $a Vikings $z Great Britain. 650 7 $a Vikings. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01166937 651 0 $a Scandinavia $x History $y To 1397. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066. 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 651 7 $a Scandinavia. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01242804 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a McCullough, Alison, $e translator. 941 $a 3 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230708011456.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629015240.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20221203011108.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5F7C624672D811EDA0B05B7C49ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b C@VInitiate Another SILO Locator Search