Sailing Free: The saga of Kári the Icelander - Couverture souple

Stein, Gabriel; Nugée, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798773204831

Editeur : Independently published, 2021

Synopsis

"An enthralling twenty-first century saga. It’s all here: family, power, money, lust, revenge and travel across the Viking world from Iceland to Jorvik and Lishbuna. Brilliantly done. Highly recommended.” – Michael Ridpath, author of Where The Shadows Lie

A gripping tale of law and justice, liberty and freedom, and trade and adventure in medieval Iceland.

Sailing Free follows the life of Kári Ragnarsson, a venturous shipowner and merchant, and his brother Guðmundr, who dutifully takes over the family farm, as they traverse adulthood against a backdrop of 11th century Iceland. Kári’s business takes him across the northern seas to Orkney, Scotland and England, where he learns the ways of trading in the Viking world, while Guðmundr gets caught up in a complicated love triangle that becomes a dispute with a local chieftain and threatens to ruin his family. All around greedy neighbours seek to amass power and subvert Iceland’s ancient liberties; feuds are common and justice is being eroded and abused by those in charge.

An unexpected storm drives Kári and his men to distant lands, where he falls foul of a powerful king and is forced to fight for his life and his freedom overseas, before returning to Iceland to find himself having to defend the very same rights of his brother. As the Church and the Free State lock horns over Iceland’s legal customs and way of life, Kári is compelled to defend much more than his family’s fortunes.

Through this traditional saga, authors Stein and Nugée use the history of the Icelandic Commonwealth to explore questions of politics, religion and sovereignty, themes which are just as relevant today as they were a thousand years ago.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798773204831
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 334
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg