The Long Ships (1941) - Frans G. Bengtsson torrent

Category: Adults, Classic, Historical Fiction, Humor
Language: English
Keywords: 10th Century Moors Scandinavia Spain Vikings

Written by Frans G. Bengtsson
Read by Michael Page
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Michael Meyer - Translator
Michael Chabon - Author of introduction, etc.

Length: 20 hrs and 12 mins
Release date: 12-05-17
Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Frans Gunnar Bengtsson’s The Long Ships resurrects the fantastic world of the tenth century AD when the Vikings roamed and rampaged from the northern fastnesses of Scandinavia down to the Mediterranean.

Bengtsson’s hero, Red Orm-canny - courageous and above all lucky - is only a boy when he is abducted from his Danish home by the Vikings and made to take his place at the oars of their dragon-prowed ships. Orm is then captured by the Moors in Spain He is initiated into the pleasures of the senses and fights for the Caliph of Cordova. Escaping from captivity, Orm washes up in Ireland, where he marvels at those epicene creatures, the Christian monks, and from which he then moves on to play an ever more important part in the intrigues of the various Scandinavian kings and clans and dependencies.

Eventually, Orm contributes to the Viking defeat of the army of the king of England and returns home an off-the-cuff Christian and a very rich man, though back on his native turf new trials and tribulations will test his cunning and determination.

Packed with pitched battles and blood feuds, and told throughout with wit and high spirits, Bengtsson’s book is a splendid adventure that features one of the most unexpectedly winning heroes in modern fiction.

The poster is an adaptation of the original cover design. This is not my rip. my thanks to the original uploader.