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There's no need for fictional dragons when the real-life battle for thrones and empires is as thrilling as Hollway's (The Last Viking: The True Story of King Harald Hardrada) account of England's history leading up to the Norman Conquest of 1066. Beginning with the ineffectual reign of the Anglo-Saxon king Æthelred—commonly known as the "Unready"—his book depicts the brutal politics of the early medieval er...Log In or Sign Up to Read More