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Historical person
963–1014
Sweyn Forkbeard was king of Denmark and a major Viking ruler who fought for control of Norway and repeatedly invaded England. In 1013 he drove Æthelred the Unready into exile and was accepted as king of England, but died only weeks later, leaving his son Cnut to renew the conquest.
Cecelia Holland’s Kings of the North is set after escaping Constantinople, Raef and his companions reach Normandy and are drawn back towards Jórvík.
Series
The six-volume Corban Loosestrife saga begins in tenth-century Ireland when a Viking raid destroys Corban’s family and carries away his twin sister, Mav. His pursuit takes him through Dublin, Jórvík and Denmark before the family attempts a new life across the Atlantic. The later volumes shift much of…
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