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by Hilmarj Torgrim (Author)
The Echoes of Egil Skallagrímsson is a thunderous and unflinching journey through the life of one of history's most enigmatic Viking warriors and poets. Born into a legacy of exile and rebellion, Egil was no ordinary child. By the age of three, he was composing poetry. By seven, he had killed his first man. What followed was a life forged in the fires of battle, vengeance, loss, and love.
This historically accurate adventure follows Egil from his troubled youth in Iceland to the blood-soaked fields of Europe. You'll ride beside him as he seeks justice for his wife, slays her treacherous brothers, and carves his legend into the bones of those who wronged him. You'll witness his uneasy ties with King Eiríkr Bloodaxe and Queen Gunnhildr unravel into violence and exile. You'll fight at his side at the legendary Battle of Brunanburh and feel the crushing grief as he mourns those he could not save.
Through berserk fury and haunting verse, Egil's life was one of unmatched contrasts: a brutal killer who penned the first lines of Nordic personal lyric poetry, a fearsome fighter who composed his way out of a death sentence. As blindness crept over him and the weight of his many years settled on his shoulders, Egil's final acts left a mark just as deep as his first.
With stunning realism and reverence for the sagas, The Echoes of Egil Skallagrímsson captures the full sweep of a man too wild for myth alone. At the back of the book, readers will find a meticulously researched historical timeline of Egil's life, separating truth from legend and bringing clarity to the shadow of one of the greatest Vikings who ever lived.
"A masterwork of historical storytelling-this is Viking history done right." -Sherman Hutchinson, Literary Critic This is Book 14 in the Vikings series, with each installment offering a unique, stand-alone adventure rooted in the lives of real people. The book includes a detailed historical timeline in the back to help separate fact from fiction and dispel centuries of myth.
