Early Kings of Norway by Thomas Carlyle


Early Kings of Norway
Title : Early Kings of Norway
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ISBN : 1428023011
ISBN-10 : 9781428023017
Language : English
Format Type : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 74
Publication : First published January 1, 1875

Harald took the sword, drew it, or was half drawing it, admiringly from the scabbard, when the English excellency broke into a scornful laugh, "Ha, ha; thou art now the feudatory of my English king; thou hast accepted the sword from him, and art now his man!" (acceptance of a sword in that manner being the symbol of investiture in those days.) Harald looked a trifle flurried, it is probable; but held in his wrath, and did no damage to the tricksy Englishman.

Early Kings of Norway Reviews

  • Adam

    A very good book if you're interested in the history of Norway! It reads in a very entertaining way, but is full of facts. I really enjoyed it, and recommend it for anyone looking for a quick read into Norway's kings of old!

  • Chris Linehan

    As far as historical accounts go this one seems to tick all the boxes: it’s informative. Uh, yeah. After that, it’s a pretty dry history of some juicy historical stuff. Maybe I’m overawed by History’s Vikings. That’s a distinct possibility. But somehow this reads more like Leviticus/Numbers rather than the Orkneyinga/Volsungs Saga.

  • Timothy Ferguson

    Good material well read in the Librivox edition.

    Now, you need to quite like things like the early kings of Norway for this book to be right for you, but, assuming you're reading this because that is your thing, then this is an excellent summary of the early kings of Norway, which is well read and very interesting.

  • John Cullan

    Although the subject matter is interesting, reading this book was not a little tedious. I kept putting this book down to finish other books. However, now that I'm finished with this one I did learn from it.

  • Leighton Mann

    Norse family tree excitement.