An edition of The long ships (1943)

The Long Ships

A Saga of the Viking Age

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An edition of The long ships (1943)

The Long Ships

A Saga of the Viking Age

  • 3.92 ·
  • 26 Ratings
  • 64 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 19 Have read

This saga brings alive the world of the 10th century AD when the Vikings raided the coasts of England.
Acclaimed as one of the best historical novels ever written, this engaging saga of Viking adventure in 10th century northern Europe has a very appealing young hero, Orm Tostesson, whose story we follow from inexperienced youth to adventurous old age, through slavery and adventure to a royal marriage and the search for great treasure. Viking expeditions take him to lands as far apart as England, Moorish Spain, Gaardarike (the country that was to become Russia), and the long road to Miklagard. The salt-sea spray, the swaying deck awash in slippery blood are the backdrop to fascinating stories of King Harald Blue Tooth, the Jomsvikings, attempts to convert the Northmen to Christianity, and much else. Like H. Rider Haggard, Bengtsson is a master of the epic form.

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The Long Ships
2016, Easton Press
Hardcover in English - Collector's edition
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The Long Ships: A Saga of the Viking Age
2016 November 29, Harper
ePub in English
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The Long Ships: A Saga of the Viking Age
2014, Harper
Paperback in English - paperback edition 2014 (1)
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The Long Ships
2010, New York Review Books
Paperback in English - printing (4)
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The Long Ships
2010, New York Review Books
Paperback in English - 1st printing
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The Long Ships: a saga of the Viking Age
1977-05, Fontana/Collins
Mass Market Paperback in English - Fourth impression
Cover of: The Long Ships
The Long Ships
1966-04, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover in English - Sixth printing
Cover of: The Long Ships
The Long Ships
1955-03, Collins
Hardcover in English - Third impression

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Edition Notes

Published in
London, England
Other Titles
Röde Orm
Copyright Date
1954
Translation Of
Röde Orm

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Translator
Michael Meyer

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ePub

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Open Library
OL26417143M
ISBN 10
0007560710
ISBN 13
9780007560714
amazon.co.uk_asin
B00GLGZX2M
amazon.de_asin
B00GLGZX2M
amazon.ca_asin
B00GLGZX2M
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B00GLGZX2M
amazon.it_asin
B00GLGZX2M
Goodreads
37955850

Work Description

Med en stor portion humor och en berättarglädje som knappast har något motstycke i den svenska litteraturen är Röde Orm en av våra få verkligt levande klassiker som har fängslat generationer av läsare.

Orms äventyr börjar när han som yngling av en slump hamnar på ett vikingaskepp. Hans fortsatta öden berättas i dråpliga episoder om hans tid som galärslav och livvakt hos kalifens visir Almansur i Hispanien, om julgillet hos danernas kung Harald Blåtand, om engelske kung Ethelreds silver och utfärden österut efter bulgarguldet. Hans resor kantas av möten med judiska silversmeder, irländska munkar, isländska skalder, vilda patzinaker och med sig har han ständige följeslagaren Toke.

Röde Orm har kallats en sällsynt lyckad förening av fornnordisk och österländsk saga och utspelar sig kring år 1000, när vikingarna härjade längs Europas kuster och i de ryska flodsystemen, men också tog intryck av de folk och kulturer de mötte.

Boken utkom ursprungligen i två delar, Sjöfarare i västerled (1941) och Hemma och i österled (1945). Boken blev en försäljningssuccé i Sverige från första stund och första delen gavs redan under Andra världskriget ut i våra grannländer såväl som i Tyskland och USA, och har totalt översatts till ett tjugotal språk.

Denna utgåva inleds av ett nyskrivet förord av Erik Andersson, författare till bland annat romanen Den larmande hopens dal och uppmärksammad översättare till Tolkiens Ringarnas herre och Joyces Odysses.

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Contains:

  1. Sjöfarare i västerled
  2. Hemma och i österled

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Along the coast the people lived together in villages, partly to be sure of food, that they might not depend entirely on the luck of their own catch, and partly for greater security; for ships rounding the Skanian peninsula often sent marauding parties ashore, both in the spring, to replenish cheaply their stock of fresh meat for the westward voyage, and in the winter, if they were returning empty-handed from unsuccessful wars.
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