Viking Fire by Justin Hill. 1st 2016. Large format paperback. 379 pp.

The true story of the most famous warrior in all Christendom: Harold Hardrada, the last Viking.

Viking Fire is the second in the Conquest Series about the events leading up to the battles of 1066. In this book the focus is on Harald Sigurdson (Hardrada was a later nickname), who was defeated by King Harold in the battle of Stamford Bridge. Hardrada had an astonishing life ... he became the lover of empresses, the murderer of an emperor and held the balance of power in the Byzantine Empire. He gave it all up for a Russian princess and the chance to return home and lead his people from barbarity and heathenism.

First published 2016 by Little, Brown, London. Condition: Very good.