The Real Valkyrie
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The Real Valkyrie
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Author : Nancy Marie Brown
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2021-09-17
The Real Valkyrie written by Nancy Marie Brown and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-17 with History categories.
In 2017, DNA tests revealed to the collective shock of many scholars that a Viking warrior in a high-status grave in Birka, Sweden, was actually a woman. The Real Valkyrie weaves together archaeology, history and literature to reinvent her life and times, showing that Viking women had more power and agency than historians have imagined. Nancy Marie Brown links the Birka warrior, whom she names Hervor, to Viking trading towns and to their great trade route east to Byzantium and beyond. She imagines Hervor's adventures intersecting with larger-than-life but real women, including Queen Gunnhild Mother-of-Kings, the Viking leader known as the Red Girl, and Queen Olga of Kyiv. Hervor's short, dramatic life shows that much of what we have taken as truth about women in the Viking Age is based not on data but on nineteenth-century Victorian biases. Rather than holding the household keys, Viking women in history, the sagas, poetry and myth carry weapons. In this compelling narrative, Brown brings the world of those valkyries and shield-maids to vivid life.
The Real Valkyrie
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Author : Nancy Marie Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-09-17
The Real Valkyrie written by Nancy Marie Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-17 with Vikings categories.
Nancy Marie Brown lays to rest the hoary myth that Viking society was ruled by men and celebrates the dramatic lives of female Viking warriors
Valkyrie
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Author : Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-04-02
Valkyrie written by Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-02 with History categories.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE Valkyries: the female supernatural beings that choose who dies and who lives on the battlefield. They protect some, but guide spears, arrows and sword blades into the bodies of others. Viking myths about valkyries attempt to elevate the banality of war – to make the pain and suffering, the lost limbs and deformities, the piles of lifeless bodies of young men, glorious and worthwhile. Rather than their death being futile, it is their destiny and good fortune, determined by divine beings. The women in these stories take full part in the power struggles and upheavals in their communities, for better or worse. Drawing on the latest historical and archaeological evidence, Valkyrie introduces readers to the dramatic and fascinating texts recorded in medieval Iceland, a culture able to imagine women in all kinds of roles carrying power, not just in this world, but pulling the strings in the other-world, too. In the process, this fascinating book uncovers the reality behind the myths and legends to reveal the dynamic, diverse lives of Viking women.
Valkyrie
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Author : Kate O'Hearn
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-02-02
Valkyrie written by Kate O'Hearn and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-02 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Originally published: Great Britain: Hodder Children's Books, 2013.
Valkyrie
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Author : Hans Bernd Gisevius
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Release Date : 2008-12-02
Valkyrie written by Hans Bernd Gisevius and has been published by Da Capo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-02 with History categories.
When on July 20, 1944, a bomb—boldly placed inside Hitler's headquarters by Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg— exploded without killing the Führer, the subsequent coup d'état against the Third Reich collapsed. The conspirators were summarily shot or condemned in show trials and sadistically hanged. One of the few survivors of the conspiracy was Hans Bernd Gisevius, who had used his positions in the Gestapo and the Abwehr (military intelligence) to further the anti-Nazi plot. Valkyrie, an abridgment of Gisevius's classic insider's account To the Bitter End, is an intimate memoir as riveting as it is exceptional.
Ivory Vikings The Mystery Of The Most Famous Chessmen In The World And The Woman Who Made Them
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Author : Nancy Marie Brown
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2015-09-01
Ivory Vikings The Mystery Of The Most Famous Chessmen In The World And The Woman Who Made Them written by Nancy Marie Brown and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-01 with History categories.
In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with them in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Housed at the British Museum, they are among its most visited and beloved objects. Questions abounded: Who carved them? Where? Nancy Marie Brown's Ivory Vikings explores these mysteries by connecting medieval Icelandic sagas with modern archaeology, art history, forensics, and the history of board games. In the process, Ivory Vikings presents a vivid history of the 400 years when the Vikings ruled the North Atlantic, and the sea-road connected countries and islands we think of as far apart and culturally distinct: Norway and Scotland, Ireland and Iceland, and Greenland and North America. The story of the Lewis chessmen explains the economic lure behind the Viking voyages to the west in the 800s and 900s. And finally, it brings from the shadows an extraordinarily talented woman artist of the twelfth century: Margret the Adroit of Iceland.
Valkyrie
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Author : Philip Freiherr Von Boeselager
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2011-01-05
Valkyrie written by Philip Freiherr Von Boeselager and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-05 with History categories.
When the Second World War broke out, Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, then 25-years-old, fought enthusiastically for Germany as a cavalry officer. But after discovering Nazi crimes, von Boeselager’s patriotism quickly turned to disgust, and he joined a group of conspirators who plotted to kill Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler. In this elegant but unflinching memoir, von Boeselager gives voice to the spirit of the small but determined band of men who took a stand against the Third Reich in what culminating in the failed “Valkyrie” plot—one of the most fascinating near misses of twentieth-century history.
Women In The Viking Age
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Author : Judith Jesch
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 1991
Women In The Viking Age written by Judith Jesch and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
Through runic inscriptions and behind the veil of myth, Jesch discovers the true story of viking women.
The Runaway
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Author : Kate O'Hearn
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-05-01
The Runaway written by Kate O'Hearn and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
In the world of Asgard, living among Odin, Thor and Loki are the Valkyries of legend. Norse goddesses, reapers of souls from human battlefields - they have the power to cause death with just one touch. Fourteen-year-old Freya is a Valkyrie - but she has not followed in the footsteps of the legends before her. She has been to the World of Man to befriend humans - and not to reap their souls. Now she must return to the World of Man on a new quest to track down the runaway Valkyrie of legend. There she will discover a dark secret that leads her to the Land of the Frost Giants where she must take on new enemies. But this time she has friends to rely on, and lots more to gain. Enter a new Valkyrie legend ... 'Kate O'Hearn serves up a winning mix of modern adventure and classic fantasy.' Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson
Valkyrie Rising
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Author : Ingrid Paulson
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2012-10-09
Valkyrie Rising written by Ingrid Paulson and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-09 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
Nothing ever happens in Norway. But at least Ellie knows what to expect when she visits her grandmother: a tranquil fishing village and long, slow summer days. And maybe she'll finally get out from under the shadow of her way-too-perfect big brother, Graham, while she's there. What Ellie doesn't anticipate is Graham's infuriating best friend, Tuck, tagging along for the trip. Nor did she imagine boys going missing amid rumors of impossible kidnappings. Least of all does she expect that something powerful and ancient will awaken in her and that strange whispers will urge Ellie to claim her place among mythological warriors. Instead of peace and quiet, suddenly there's a lot for a girl from L.A. to handle on a summer sojourn in Norway! And when Graham vanishes, it's up to Ellie—and the ever-sarcastic, if undeniably alluring, Tuck—to uncover the truth about all the disappearances and thwart the nefarious plan behind them. Deadly legends, hidden identities, and tentative romance swirl together in one girl's unexpectedly epic coming-of-age.