Meadowland

by Thomas C. Holt

Genres: Historical Fiction

Synopsis

In 1037, a senior civil servant of the Byzantine empire faces a tedious journey to Greece, escorting the Army payroll. His only companions are a detachment of the Empire's elite Guard, recruited from Viking Scandinavia.

When the wagon sheds a wheel, he passes the time talking with two veterans, who have a remarkable story to tell; the Viking discovery of America.As he records the story, years later, he also considers its effect on the fourth member of the party; a young Norwegian guardsman who went on to become King Harald Hardradi, who died invading England
in 1066 ...

Release date: October 1, 2009

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Print pages: 448

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