Desmond Seward was born in Paris and educated at Cambridge University. He is the author of Richard III, The Last White Rose, and The Warrior King and the Invasion of France, among other books. He lives in England.
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A ruthless Viking warrior who named his most prized battle weapon after the Norse goddess of death, Olav Haraldsson and his mercenaries wrought terror and destruction from the Baltic to Galicia in the early eleventh century. Thousands were put to the swor... SEE MORE