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A True Viking Saga Book; Viking Age and The Byzantine Empire’s Greatest Warriors
True Viking Saga of the Viking Age: The Byzantine Empire’s Greatest Warriors
Viking History, the Viking Age, and Viking Sagas are the most enthralling and captivating historical stories ever. Instead of plundering and raiding in the west Viking’s from the Rus and Scandinavia head east to the heart of the Byzantine Empire. It is the promise of vast riches and treasures in the known world’s greatest empire that has brought the best and most capable Viking Warriors to fight in what will become known to history as the Varangian Guard. Amongst these elite warriors is a young man of noble heritage who has been banished from his homeland by his King and brother’s usurpers. He is Harald Hardrada and he will become one of the greatest leaders and warriors in Viking History. This is the true story of how the Viking Varangian Guard brought the greatest empire of their known world to heights it has never seen, nor will ever see again, This is a true Viking Saga and the rise of one of history’s greatest warriors to ever walk the Earth. This is the story of the Varangian Guard.
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They hail from a culture unlike any other this part of the world has seen. They are bred on warfare, pillaging, and plundering. Physically they are monstrous specimens of men. They wield heavy and deadly weapons and they are some of the most efficient and violent fighters the world has ever seen. They are ruthless warriors that strike fear into the enemy. They are Vikings for hire. They are the elite Special Forces in service to a foreign ruler. They conquer unruly territories across the great Byzantine Empire. This is the true story of the Varangian Guard and the legendary rise of Harald Hardrada. Hardrada will develop tactics that will transform warfare across the Mediterranean. Hardrada’s string of improbable yet ingenious victories will show the Varangian Guard to be one of the most elite and talented warrior classes that history has ever known.
This book is one of five historical tales in Adrian Ambrose’s Most Fierce Ruthless Warriors That Shaped History. You can download all five in the first volume on Amazon. Simply visit the author’s page for the entire volume.
Q – So, what makes your new series, Most Fierce Ruthless Warriors That Shaped History, special?
A – Honestly, it is a mix of things. I love diving deep into history and the lesser known stories of those who shaped history. I’m not referring to the popular historical figures like Genghis Kahn, Alexander the Great, Charlemagne, or Julius Caesar. I mean the history regarding them is awesome stuff but this series makes a conscious effort to go beyond the typical textbook history.
In this series you get Ancient Assassins and the birth of terrorism, ancient Germanic Ghost Warriors and Rome’s greatest defeat, Viking Berserkers and the invasion of England, and Viking Varangian Guard in the Byzantine Empire. We even cover the great Eagle Warriors of the Aztec Empire and Kamehameha’s Hawaiian Koa warriors, two cultures that were forced to face overwhelming
Follow Amazon’s #1 Best Selling author and historian Adrian Ambrose and he rediscover history’s forgotten elite warriors. The Varangian Guard are the most elite Viking Warriors who have hired thier services out to the great Byzantine Empire. Follow them as their elite skills and talents raise the Byzantine Empire to a golden era never seen before or since.
