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Historical person

Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson

910–977

Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson was an early Norse Earl of Orkney, remembered in saga tradition as part of the Scandinavian ruling line in the northern isles. His world was one of sea power, kinship and contested authority across the Viking North Atlantic.

Tim Hodkinson’s Odin’s Game places Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson within a narrative shaped by family, marriage and personal loyalty, military command and battlefield decision-making, and exploration, travel and cultural encounter. Tim Hodkinson’s The Raven Banner places Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson within a narrative shaped by political ambition and government, military command and battlefield decision-making, and exploration, travel and cultural encounter. Other novels featuring Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson include Tim Hodkinson’s The Wolf Hunt.

Series

Series featuring Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson (1 series)

The Whale Road Chronicles in Order

by Tim Hodkinson 8 books 4.4

The Whale Road Chronicles follow the Icelandic warrior and poet Einar Unnsson through the North Atlantic world of the 930s. His journeys connect Iceland, Orkney, Norway, Ireland, Anglo-Saxon England, Francia, al-Andalus and Byzantium as Viking warbands, Christian kings and competing dynasties struggle for control of kingdoms and sea…

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