An historical adventure in the heady tradition of Sir Walter Scott, James Fenimore Cooper and H. Rider Haggard, this book sweeps the reader back to a time when bold men hazarded harsh and unknown seas in search of treasure and fame. Denied his birthright at home, Sigtrygg Thorgilsson, orphaned grandson of Leif Eiriksson, must seek his due overseas -- in Leif's half-forgotten land claim of nearly 50 years before on the shores of the New World -- despite the opposition of greedy and unforgiving kinsmen who would keep his inheritance from him.

The King of Vinland's Saga

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Mirsky, Stuart W.

United States

Xlibris, Corp.

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Fleeing the ice clad fjords of his native Greenland just ahead of greedy kinsman who would keep his inheritance from him, Sigtrygg Thorgilsson, half-breed grandson of the storied explorer Leif Eiriksson, seeks his fortune on the shores of North America, last glimpsed by his grandfather some forty years before. Making his way across uncharted waters with a hastily assembled crew of untried men, he quickly learns that the inhabitants of the new land are less than pleased by their presence and that their survival will depend on their ability to carve a place for themselves in the midst of their skeptical hosts. But risking life and limb in a desperate gamble to prove their worth will not be enough as Sigtrygg’s angry kinsmen unexpectedly arrive on the coast to dispute what he has won. 
Then only the shrewd counsel of an aged viking, and the passion of the woman Sigtrygg left behind, offer a way out of the burgeoning blood feud that threatens to engulf them all—as storm clouds gather in the distance and a defeated enemy prepares to take his revenge. 
A novel of Vikings and Indians in pre-Columbian North America, The King of Vinland’s Saga reprises the failed settlement history of the Norse on the edge of the North Atlantic in the eleventh century—as Europe lay mired in medieval darkness, its inhabitants still ignorant of the places and peoples that lay just beyond their reach.\nBook Review: 
Just put down the above book. If this was your first endeavor, then I am eagerly anticipating your second. The book was fantastic! It was as enjoyable to me as “The Golden Warrior”, “Musashi”, and “With Fire and Sword” and other historical fiction novels that grace my bookshelves (many of which purchased through your recommendation on Amazon). It is nice to read a book and get mad, frustrated, etc. at the characters. 
Thanks again for a pleasurable read! 
Pete Giorgianni

The King of Vinland's Saga: A novel of Vikings and Indians in Pre-Columbian North America

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Vikings and Indians vie for supremacy on the shores of North America -- five hundred years before Columbus and the Spanish Conquistadors arrived.

The King of Vinland's Saga: A Novel of Vikings and Indians in Pre-Columbian North America

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Product Description Just as Pressfield's GATES OF FIRE and Renault's THE KING MUST DIE breathed life into the world of the ancient Greeks, so Mirsky's BLOOD OF THE NORTH conjures up the rime ice and smoky fires of the Norse world, as those fearless adventurers braved harsh seas and sudden storms to seek new lands. Here is a tale of "first contact" between two very different cultures and of how things really were when Europeans took their first tentative steps across the Atlantic . . . and into history. Firmly grounded in the saga literature of old Iceland, this book resonates with the voice and spirit of a long lost medieval world . . . yet it's also a world which is barely removed from the pioneering tradition of our own American west. From the Author Actually, this book is a re-issue of one I did a couple of years back although it has now been updated and includes an entirely new afterword by me, placing the tale in its historical context. I wrote the book largely because I'd always loved the old Icelandic sagas and wanted to give contemporary readers a taste of their special tone and flavor. Of course, the saga "voice" I used is somewhat archaic and so some folks may be a little put off by the unfamiliar literary conventions (oddly formalistic dialogue, an emphasis on speech and action in the narrative in lieu of heavier reliance on descriptive prose, and a marked lack of the subjective "point of view" which we moderns have come to expect in our books). Still, for those with a yearning for risk-taking, or who just love a little adventure set in a bygone world, it is my fondest hope that this book will be for them. About the Author A product of Brooklyn College with a BA in philosophy, Stuart W. Mirsky, like many writers before him, became enamoured of 12th century Icelandic prose early on, finding both inspiration and a writer's education in these frequently under-appreciated medieval masterpieces. A student, for many years, of the oriental martial arts, he has travelled, written for various publications, and today earns his keep as a municipal bureaucrat in a major northeastern American city. "This is no great drawback," he avers, "as many quite respectable writers, in this and other genres, have paid the bills in this way." Still, he admits he wouldn't mind earning a living from his pen if things should finally go that way. In the summer and fall of 2000, Mirsky served as coordinator for New York City's Viking Sail 2000 event commemorating the first Norse sailings to North America a thousand years ago. In October of that year he was awarded the Leif Ericsson Millennial Silver Medallion for contributions to the cause.

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The King of Vinland's Saga

The King of Vinland's Saga: A novel of Vikings and Indians in Pre-Columbian North America

The King of Vinland's Saga: A Novel of Vikings and Indians in Pre-Columbian North America

Blood of the North