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Blood Feud
Book • 1976
Blood Feud, published in 1976, follows Jestyn, an orphaned child of a Celtic father and Saxon mother, who becomes embroiled in a blood feud after being sold into slavery to Viking raiders.
He forms a bond with his owner, Thormod, and together they journey across Europe, ultimately joining the Varangian Guard in Constantinople.
The novel explores themes of loyalty, cultural identity, and the complexities of historical conflicts.
He forms a bond with his owner, Thormod, and together they journey across Europe, ultimately joining the Varangian Guard in Constantinople.
The novel explores themes of loyalty, cultural identity, and the complexities of historical conflicts.
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Dominic Sandbrook as an author of a children's book about a boy captured in Wessex and taken to the slave markets.
Dominic Sandbrook as an author of a children's book about a boy captured in Wessex and taken to the slave markets.
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148. The Vikings Go East
