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  • Siegfried

    The Liberator of Germania

    by John Eklund ...
    Just over two thousand years ago a great hero liberated his people from the clutches of the Roman Empire, defeating the Romans in the most decisive battle in world history and forever changing the course of Western Civilization. Although his Latin name, Arminius, was recorded by prominent Roman historians, there was surprisingly no mention of him in the later discovered sagas of his own Norse ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Red-Bearded King

    A Medieval Legend

    by John Eklund ...
    Equally honorable, brave, and noble was King Frederick I, called “Barbarossa” for his prominent red beard. He ruled twelfth century Germany when it was a feudal kingdom, a time of darkness and intrigue. As Arthur sought the Holy Grail, Frederick sought the Holy Lance, the spear that pierced Christ’s side as he hung on the cross. A chivalrous king who thirsted for justice, Frederick confronted wild ... Read more

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  • The Last of the Vikings

    The Sagas of Gustav Adolf and Karl XII

    by John Eklund ...
    The Viking Age began like a violent thunderstorm in the year 793 when a band of Norse warriors raided Lindisfarne, a small island off the coast of ancient England. For the next three hundred years, these fearless men dominated life on the European continent. Contrary to popular belief, the Viking aura was not extinguished at the dawn of the second millennium. In truth, it lasted far longer. In a ... Read more

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  • Prussian Knight

    by John Eklund ...
    I n the fall of 1831, 114 years years before his beloved homeland would be erased from the face of the earth, the future crown prince of the kingdom of Prussia is born in his family’s palace. As time would tell, Frederick III could not have been born at a more relevant moment. While growing up, Fritz becomes a dedicated student who is fascinated with the intricate yet difficult history of his ... Read more

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  • The Third Testament

    by John Eklund ...
    Widower Fred Sankt is a professor at a small Catholic college who is not at all accustomed to dreaming. When he begins experiencing a series of profoundly vivid dreams that consistently awaken him at 3:00 a.m., he is not alarmedsimply curious. In the last of his dreams, Fred meets a faceless old friend who informs him that he has been chosen by God to record the next testament of the Bible. Fred ... Read more

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  • The Vikings and Their Enemies

    Warfare in Northern Europe, 750?1100

    by Philip Line ...
    A fresh account of some of history's greatest warriors.The Vikings had an extraordinary and far-reaching historical impact. From the eighth to the eleventh centuries, they ranged across Europe-raiding, exploring, colonizing-and their presence was felt as far away as Russia and Byzantium. They are most famous as warriors, yet perhaps their talent for warfare is too little understood. Philip Line, ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • A Warrior Dynasty

    The Rise and Decline of Sweden as a Military Superpower

    by Henrik O. Lunde ...
    A historian reveals the surprising role that seventeenth-century Sweden played in shaping Western history.There has been a recent trend in history to interpret the rise and fall of great powers in terms of economics, demographics, or geography. But sometimes, pure military skill can propel a nation to prominence if it is simply able to crush all its opponents on a battlefield. No better example ... Read more

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  • God's Viking: Harald Hardrada

    The Life and Times of the Last Great Viking

    by Nic Fields ...
    An epic historical biography of the Norwegian king who laid claim to the thrones of Denmark and England.Harald Hardrada is perhaps best known as the inheritor of "seven feet of English soil" in that year of fateful change, 1066. But Stamford Bridge was the terminal point of a warring career that spanned decades and continents. Thus, prior to forcibly occupying the Norwegian throne, Harald had an ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tannenberg 1410

    Disaster for the Teutonic Knights

    by Dr Stephen Turnbull ...
    Series Book 122 - Campaign
    A slim, yet detailed volume on the downfall of the Teutonic Knights, featuring battlescene maps and illustrations throughout.By 1400 the long running conflict between the Order of Teutonic Knights and Poland and Lithuania was coming to a head, partly as a result of the Order's meddling in the internal politics of its neighbours. In June 1410 King Wladislaw Jagiello of Poland invaded the Order's ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Sea-Wolves

    by Lars Brownworth ...
    In AD 793 Norse warriors struck the English isle of Lindisfarne and laid waste to it. Wave after wave of Norse ‘sea-wolves’ followed in search of plunder, land, or a glorious death in battle. Much of the British Isles fell before their swords, and the continental capitals of Paris and Aachen were sacked in turn. Turning east, they swept down the uncharted rivers of central Europe, captured Kiev ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Guns of August

    The Outbreak of World War I; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series

    by Barbara W. Tuchman ...
    PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • “A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill’s statement that the first month of World War I was ‘a drama never surpassed.’”—NewsweekSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeIn this landmark account, renowned historian Barbara W. Tuchman re-creates the first month of World War I: ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Knights Templar - Medieval Cult or Modern Nemesis?

    by M.E. Brines ...
    The Knights Templar – Medieval Cult or Modern Nemesis? -- History of this famous group and the organizations that claim descent from them. Were they really destroyed in the fourteenth century or do they survive and even prosper to this day? Who are their descendants? Are there ties to the Nazis and the Mormon Church? A must-read for anyone interested in conspiracies or the occult. ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus