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The Cross and the Hammer: A Tale of the Days of the Vikings

by H. Bedford-Jones

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateAdventureHistorical28 chapters
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About this book

In the Viking age's fierce clash between the old gods and the rise of Christianity, young warriors like Vagn and Sigurd navigate loyalty, honor, and the tides of power at King Svein’s grand accession feast. Adventure and faith collide in a realm on the brink of change.

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28 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02FOREWORD.
03CHAPTER I. HOW THE VOW WAS MADE.
04CHAPTER II. THE SHOOTING-MATCH.
05CHAPTER III. JARL HAKON OF NORWAY.
06CHAPTER IV. THE RESCUE IN THE BAY.
07CHAPTER V. THE ESCAPE FROM THRANDHEIM.
08CHAPTER VI. HIORUNGA BAY.
09CHAPTER VII. HOW VAGN KEPT HIS VOW.
10CHAPTER VIII. "SKOAL, TO KING OLAF!"
11CHAPTER IX. HOW ASTRID FARED FORTH.
12CHAPTER X. FAREWELL TO DUBLIN.

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