The Long Ships

Frans G. Bengtsson wrote The Long Ships over 60-years ago during World War II. Since it was written in Swedish, it didn’t make much of an impression in America until fairly recently. That’s our loss because this is a fun adventure story. The book is based in the 10th century AD. The story tracks the adventures of a Viking named Red Orm, who is kidnapped from his home, becomes a slave in Moorish Spain, escapes, washes up in Ireland, eventually joins a new religion called Christianity, and return...

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