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The Wolf Age

The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire

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The Wolf Age

By: Tore Skeie
Narrated by: Michael Page
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About this listen

The first major book on Vikings by a Scandinavian author to be published in English reframes the struggle for a North Sea empire and puts listeners in the mindset of Vikings, providing new insight into their goals, values, and what they chose to live and die for.

The Wolf Age takes listeners 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 Tore 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 . . .

©2018 Gyldendal Norsk Forlag; English translation copyright 2021 by Alison McCullough (P)2022 Tantor Civilization Europe Medieval Scandinavia World Middle Ages Viking Norse Solider Viking Nonfiction

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A great listen and informative of the time period. First part doesn't translate to audio that well though.

informative

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I loved the book, but the narrator destroyed every namn and place. As an Swede I would appreciate that if you are going to narrate something that has Scandinavian names in it, Do alittle research about pronunciation. Almost every Scandinavian name was miss pronounced...

Destroyed.

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This has been a regular bedtime listen. I have at last managed to listen to it all. Tore’s afterward sums up the book: you can’t look at Scandinavian history without acknowledging English history and vice versa. The two countries became inextricably linked and we owe much of who we are to the Vikings.

This was an enjoyable and educational listen.

How Scandinavian and English history is combined.

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I loved this book with its Scandinavian perspective, which for an English national, reorientates your understanding of the history we usually view from our nations' borders. Yes, there are names, dates, geography and other histories to get your head around but so worthwhile to get your head around. Essential reading and listening I would say if you love this period. Overall ? Excellent!
Narration? The narrator does an excellent job; most of my listening is done at a slower speed to make sure I catch the details, and as always when you switch from book to book you have to "tune you ear in" and by the end I was very comfortable with the narrator.

An Exceptional History

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Nothing new here really but does feel very comprehensive if not light on a bit of depth. A decent hard not to like book.

Not earth shattering but decent

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