Viking's Sunset

Viking's Sunset

"Viking's Sunset" is a children's historical novel by Henry Treece. It is the third in a series of three novels featuring the Viking Harald Sigurdsson; the others are Viking's Dawn and The Road to Miklagard.

Plot summary

Harald Sigurdsson is now a mature man, and enjoying a peaceful life of farming with his wife and sons. When his village is attacked, he forms a crew of Vikings and pursues the raiders. The chase leads him across the Atlantic Ocean to the east coast of America. He and his crew encounter Inuit and then Native Americans. Harald's final fight takes place among the native tribes. In a great battle, it is revealed that he is a berserker.

ignificant scenes

*The death of one of the raiders, Havlock Ingolfsson, whom Harald abandons to drown on a skerry.
*Harald's death at the hands of Heome, the mad handless brother of heroic Wawasha. The brothers have similarities with Loki and Balder respectively.

This novel has obvious parallels with the Norse Vinland saga.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Viking's Dawn — is a novel by Henry Treece. It is the first in a series of three novels; the others are The Road to Miklagard and Viking s Sunset.It describes the adventures of Harald Sigurdsson, a young boy who goes sailing with a crew of Vikings …   Wikipedia

  • Viking runestones — Runestones that mention expeditions outside of Scandinavia Viking runestones England runestones Hakon Jarl runestones Varangian runestones Baltic area runestones Greece runestones Italy runestones Ingvar runestones …   Wikipedia

  • Viking Runestones — The Viking Runestones are runestones that mention Scandinavians who participated in Viking expeditions. This article treats the runestone that refer to people who took part in voyages abroad, in western Europe, and stones that mention men who… …   Wikipedia

  • Henry Treece — (December 22 1911 – June 10, 1966) was a British poet and writer, who worked also as a teacher, and editor. He is perhaps best remembered now as a historical novelist, particularly as a children s historical novelist, although he also wrote some… …   Wikipedia

  • The Road to Miklagard — is a children s historical novel by Henry Treece. It is the second in a series of three novels; the others are Viking s Dawn and Viking s Sunset.Plot summaryIt describes the adventures of Harald Sigurdsson, a Viking who sails to Miklagard (aka… …   Wikipedia

  • Denmark — This article is about the country. For other uses, see Denmark (disambiguation). Denmark Danmark …   Wikipedia

  • Spirit rover — (MER A) Artist s concept of Rover on Mars Operator NASA Mission type Rover Launch date …   Wikipedia

  • Jim Morrison — auf einer Briefmarke der Deutschen Bundespost 1988 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • The Pembroke Hill School — Infobox Private School background = #f0f6fa border = #ccd2d9 name = The Pembroke Hill School motto = Freedom with Responsibility established = 1910 Pembroke Country Day (boys), 1913 Sunset Hill (girls), 1984 Pembroke Hill (coed) type = Private… …   Wikipedia

  • List of coalition military operations of the Iraq War — Operation Aloha redirects here. For the band, see Operation Aloha (band). Nordlicht redirects here. For the Kriegsmarine ship, see SS Nordlicht. Operation Falcon Freedom redirects here. For the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”