Explore the intriguing realm of European creation myths and delve deeper into the diverse traditions that explain the beginnings of our planet and humans.
Schildmaid - Furchtlose Frauen der Wikingerzeit: Mythos und Realität nordischer HeldinnenDie nordische Mythologie ist reich an Geschichten über mutige Kriegerinnen, die als Schildmaiden in die Legenden eingingen.
Shortlisted for the 2025 Wolfson History PrizeLonglisted for the 2025 Women's Prize for Non-fictionA Times Best History Book of the Year 2024'Every page glittering with insight.
Von den eisigen Weiten des Nordens bis zu den pulsierenden Kulturen der modernen Welt, Die Sagen und Legenden um Thor und die anderen Götter führen uns auf eine epische Reise.
Nerval's book is a gripping excursion into the dark recesses of our cultural past, from the malicious spirits of the ancient civilizations to the hellish monsters of current pop culture.
In The Story of Scandinavia, political scholar Stein Ringen chronicles more than 1,200 years of drama, economic rise and fall, crises, kings and queens, war, peace, language and culture.
Eric Bloodaxe (or Brother-Slayer) might well claim to be the last of the Vikings, his career a real-life episode of Game of Thrones, his life a true Norse saga, the realities teased out by the author from sparse chronicle sources and enigmatic, often contradictory sagas.
Tauche ein in die faszinierende Welt der europäischen Schöpfungsmythen und entdecke die vielfältigen Legenden, die die Ursprünge unserer Welt und Menschheit beschreiben.
Symbole der Wikinger - Mythos und Wahrheit: Eine Enthüllung der isländischen Magie, ihrer Wurzeln und der Irrglaube in der heutigen ZeitTauchen Sie ein in die Welt der nordischen Symbole und entdecken Sie die wahre Geschichte hinter den geheimnisvollen Zeichen, die heute oft fälschlicherweise als "Wikinger-Symbole" bezeichnet werden.
King Richard the Third William Shakespeare - Richard III is a historical play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1592.
Helen of Troy Andrew Lang - A story in rhyme of the fortunes of Helen, who, in Greek mythology, was the daughter of Zeus and Leda, wife of king Menelaus of Sparta and sister of Castor, Polydeuces and Clytemnestra.
Heartbreak House Bernard Shaw - This vintage book contains George Bernard Shaw's 1919 play, "e;Heartbreak House: A Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes"e;.
Arms and the Man Bernard Shaw - Arms and the Man is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid, in Latin: Arma virumque cano ("e;Of arms and the man I sing"e;).
Maxims and Reflections Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Throughout his long, hectic and astonishingly varied life, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (17491832) would jot down his passing thoughts on theatre programmes, visiting cards, draft manuscripts and even bills Goethe was probably the last true Renaissance Man.
The Curse of Capistrano - Johnston McCulley - The Curse of Capistrano is a 1919 serialized novel by Johnston McCulley and the first work to feature the fictional Californio character Zorro (zorro is the Spanish word for fox).
Das große Finale im Kampf um die WikingerkroneDer mächtige Wikingerkönig Harald hat ganz Norwegen unter seiner Herrschaft vereint und Svanhild zur Frau genommen.
