Meticulously researched, Skeie’s account of ruthless conflict, political intrigue, and diplomatic machinations reads like a real-life Game of Thrones-without the dragons. The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire (Hardback) Tore Skeie Published by Pushkin Press, United Kingdom (2021) ISBN 10: 1782276475 ISBN 13: 9781782276470 New Hardcover Quantity: 10 Seller: The Book Depository (London, United Kingdom) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Hardback.

Through military and political manipulation, he eventually established his authority in Norway as well, completing his conquest of the North Sea empire. In 1016, Cnut became king of England, and soon thereafter inherited the throne of Denmark. BUY THIS BOOK The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons, and the Battle for the North Sea Empire Tore Skeie, trans.

Beginning in the late 10th century, Skeie details how sporadic Viking raids on England shifted to invasion and conquest as Æthelred’s power and influence collapsed under the combined might of Cnut’s Danes and his Norwegian allies. Drawing on Scandinavian histories, Icelandic sagas, skaldic poetry, and archaeological discoveries, Skeie breathes new life into the epic conflict between Anglo-Saxon king Æthelred, Danish ruler Cnut the Great, and Norwegian king Olaf Haraldsson for supremacy in Northern Europe. Medieval historian Skeie makes his English-language debut with a gripping, detailed account of the 11th-century struggle for dominion over a North Sea empire stretching from England in the west to Denmark and Norway in the east. The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie, Alison McCullough ( 19 ) 15.99 The turbulent age that straddles the first millennium is brought to life in a history worthy of a modern television epic.

The Wolf Age by Tore Skeie