5 best-selling historical books like Women and Weapons in the Viking World: Amazons of the North by Leszek Gardeła

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Women and Weapons in the Viking World: Amazons of the North

By: Leszek Gardeła

4.27

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The Viking Age (c. 750-1050 AD) is conventionally seen as a tumultuous time when hordes of fierce w…

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1. The Pagan Lord (The Saxon Stories, #7)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.36

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Bernard Cornwell-who "is at his enthralling best conveying . . . one of the defining periods of Eng… read more

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  • historical
"Some mothers soften their sons, but Osbert was motherless and I had raised him hard because a man must be hard. The world is filled with enemies."

-Bernard Cornwell, The Pagan Lord (The Saxon Stories, #7)

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2. The Time of Contempt (The Witcher, #2)

By: Andrzej Sapkowski , David French

4.16

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The WitcherGe… read more

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"Neutralność zwykle bywa podła."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, The Time of Contempt (The Witcher, #2)

"Strzyg, wi­wern, en­driag i wil­kołaków wkrótce nie będzie na świecie. A skurwysyny będą zaw­sze."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, The Time of Contempt (The Witcher, #2)

"No sabemos mucho del amor. Con el amor es como con la pera. La pera es dulce y tiene forma. Intentad definir la forma de la pera."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, The Time of Contempt (The Witcher, #2)

"And if someone has friends, and he loses everything in spite of that, it's obvious the friends are to blame. For what they did, or for what they didn't do."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, The Time of Contempt (The Witcher, #2)

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3. The Flame Bearer (The Saxon Stories, #10)

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

Britain is at an uneasy peace. After their bloody defeat of Danish-held East Anglia, the West Saxon… read more

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  • historical

4. Women in the Viking Age

By: None

3.50

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

Well-illustrated, closely argued and fascinating. GUARDIAN This is the first book-length study in E… read more

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5. The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki

By: Anonymous , Jesse L. Byock

4.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

Composed in medieval Iceland, Hrolf's Saga is one of the greatest of all mythic-legendary sagas, re… read more

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6. The Empty Throne (The Saxon Stories, #8)

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.29

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

This eighth entry in New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell's epic Saxon Tales series b… read more

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7. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

By: Neil Price

4.18

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

The Viking Age - between 750 and 1050 - saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples.… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
"The Viking mind is far away from us today, but occasionally just about tangible."

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

"Free will existed, but exercising it inevitably led to becoming the person you always, really, had been."

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

"History is nothing if not a suppositional discipline, sometimes akin to a sort of speculative fiction of the past."

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

"There is a sense in which this viewpoint is looking through the wrong end of the historical telescope, defining (and often judging) a people solely by the consequences of their actions rather than th…"

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

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8. Saving Verakko (Clecanian, #3)

By: Victoria Aveline

3.97

Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition

When Lily is freed from alien captivity, she refuses to wait for rescue—or recapture. She’ll take h… read more

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9. Season of Storms (The Witcher, #0)

By: Andrzej Sapkowski

3.97

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the Witcher video games. Geralt of Rivia. A … read more

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"O medo nunca é irracional."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Season of Storms (The Witcher, #0)

"É preciso comprovar a culpa, e não a inocência."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Season of Storms (The Witcher, #0)

"O provérbio diz: a quem mal vive, o medo o segue."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Season of Storms (The Witcher, #0)

"Zwykłość zaś równa się nijakość, a nijakość to taniość."

-Andrzej Sapkowski, Season of Storms (The Witcher, #0)

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10. The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women

By: Nancy Marie Brown

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Stacy Schiff’s Cleopatra, Brown lays to rest the hoary myth that Viking society… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
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11. Women and Weapons in the Viking World: Amazons of the North

By: Leszek Gardeła

4.27

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The Viking Age (c. 750-1050 AD) is conventionally seen as a tumultuous time when hordes of fierce w… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology

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Mary Beard

3.59

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Dan Jones

4.41

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