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A beloved Viking saga and masterpiece of historical fiction, The Long Ships is a high spirited adventure that stretches from Scandinavia to Spain, England, Ireland, and beyond, all before the backdrop of the gradual Christianization of Scandinavia, contrasting the pragmatic Norse pagan outlook with Islam & Christianity.The book is set in the late 10th century & follows the adventures of Orm ("serpent"), called "Red" for his hair & his temper, a native of Scania. The story portrays the political situation of Europe in the later Viking Age, resurrecting the fantastic world of the tenth century AD when the Vikings roamed and rampaged from the northern fastnesses of Scandinavia down to the Mediterranean. Bengtsson’s hero, Red Orm—canny, courageous, and above all lucky—is only a boy when he is abducted from his Danish home by the Vikings and made to take his place at the oars of their dragon-prowed ships. Orm is then captured by the Moors in Spain, where he is initiated into the pleasures of the senses and fights for the Caliph of Cordova. Escaping from captivity, Orm washes up in Ireland, where he marvels at those epicene creatures, the Christian monks, and from which he then moves on

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Author

Bengtsson, Frans G.

Publisher

New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781590174166

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adventure

Rating

4.28 / 5 (617 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13