The Battle of Svolder: History, Mystery, and Filling the Gaps
How do historical fiction authors write about events when most of the details are missing? The Battle of Svolder is a great example of how.
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13 Great Stories. 1 Critical Moment in History.
Great news! The new anthology commemorating the Battle of Stamford Bridge is now available, featuring some amazing historical short stories.
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The Siege of Kiev in 968
The city of Kiev (Kyiv) in Ukraine has seen much warfare in its long history and has borne witness to many sad events. This post will focus on one of those events – the Siege of Kiev in AD 968 – which plays a major role in the opening scenes of my novel, Sigurd’s Swords.
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Was Olaf Tryggvason at the Battle of Maldon?
There has long been a debate about whether Olaf Tryggvason was at the Battle of Maldon, a battle believed to have taken place on Aug 11 in AD 991. This post will take a closer look at that question and hopefully shine a bit more light on that subject.
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Mollebakken and the Battle for Norway
In the year AD 933 or 934, a battle was fought in a place called Mollebakken, not far from modern-day Tønsberg. Though the poet and historian Snorri Sturlason describes the battle in a few short lines in Heimskringla, the battle proved to be one of the more consequential battles in Norway’s history.
