Hammer of the Gods : King Olaf's Viking Conquest.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hollway, Don, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oddr Snorrason, active 12th century. Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar,.

Oddr Snorrason.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Weaving together Norse sagas and Anglo-Saxon chronicles to vividly depict the violence and spectacle of the Viking age, Don Hollway brings the legendary Olaf Tryggvason to life.

Contents:

Cover

Halftitle Page

Dedication Page

Title Page

Contents

List of Illustractions and Maps

Author's Note

Dramatis Personae

FM1

Prologue

Part One

I Murder

II Hunted

III Nowhere to Hide

IV Pirates

V Slave

VI Varangians

VII First Blood

VIII The Battle of the Danevirke

IX Warrior

X Conquest of the Rus

XI Prima Signation

Part Two

XII Jomsborg

XIII The Slavic Revolt

XIV King of the Wends

XV Of God and Gods

XVI The Jomsvikings

XVII The Prophecy

XVIII A New Beginning

XIX To the Death

XX Ireland

XXI Maldon

XXII the Prince of England

XIII Crusade

Part Three

XXIV King Olaf I

XXV Hammer of God

XXVI God's Viking

XXVII Kinds and Queens

XXVIII The Trap

XXIX The Battle of Svolder

Epilogue

Sources

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Author

Imprint

Plates.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4728-7163-4

1-4728-7160-X

9781472871602

OCLC:

1577545928