by Tim Severin · Macmillan UK · tapa dura · ISBN 9781405041164
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«King's Man» is the historical novel by Tim Severin, published by Macmillan UK in hardcover (319 pages, in English).
Constantinople, 1035: Thorgils joins the Varangian guard and beholds the richest city of his time. After fighting in Sicily against the Saracens and traveling for years, he retires to Sweden, but is called for the invasion of England. A prophetic dream reveals to him the disaster of Stamford Bridge: the end of the Viking world.
Third installment of Tim Severin's Viking trilogy, a historical fiction saga starring Thorgils in the 11th century.
For readers of historical fiction and adventure set in the Viking age, with journeys across the Mediterranean and northern Europe.
Timothy Severin was a British explorer, historian, and writer. Severin was noted for his work in retracing the legendary journeys of historical figures. Severin was awarded both the Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society and the Livingstone Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. He received the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for his 1982 book The Sindbad Voyage.
