Hardrada: The Last Viking (From exiled prince to Byzantine legend to the last great Viking king)

Exiled and left for dead at fifteen after the catastrophic Battle of Stiklestad Prince Harald Sigurdsson’s life of privilege is shattered. Fueled by a burning ambition he forges a new path across the known world becoming a legendary commander in the elite Varangian Guard of the Byzantine Empire. He amasses a vast fortune and a fearsome reputation as the Bulgar-Burner a man who has learned the brutal art of power in the world's most dangerous city. But the lure of his lost kingdom calls to him and he returns to the north a harder more ruthless man ready to claim his birthright with the same cold iron he used to conquer for an emperor.Now in the fateful year of 1066 the English throne is vacant and Harald sees his final ultimate prize. Forging an alliance with a bitter English exile he gathers the largest Viking invasion fleet in a generation to make his last great gamble.