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Original Title:	The Hammer and the Cross
ISBN:	0812523482 (ISBN13: 9780812523485)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Hammer and the Cross #1

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865 A.D. Warring kings rule over the British Isles, but the Church rules over the kings, threatening all who oppose them with damnation. Only the dreaded Vikings of Scandinavia do not fear the priests.

Shef, the bastard son of a Norse raider and a captive English lady, is torn by divided loyalties and driven by strange visions that seem to come from Odin himself. A smith and warrior, he alone dares to imagine new weapons and tactics with which to carve out a kingdom--and launch an all-out war between....The Hammer and the Cross.

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Title	:	The Hammer and the Cross (Hammer and the Cross #1)
Author	:	Harry Harrison
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 480 pages
Published	:	November 15th 1994 by Tor Books (first published January 1st 1993)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Science Fiction. Alternate History. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction

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An alternate history series where pagan Vikings conquer northern Europe in the 9th century, opposing Christianity.

I just re-read this book. I enjoyed it overall. I tend to like almost anything involving the vikings, norse, mythology, the dark ages, heroic quests....so this book is right up my alley. I did enjoy it. However, the anti-christian bias was too much. Were there nasty and vile priests in the dark ages? Yes, obvioulsy. Were there unscrupulous Christians in the dark ages? Yes. But the book seems to present Christianity as all bad. The story does seem rather generic with the norse backdrop. Slave



Probably one of my top five all time favorites. I read it again and again and every time I think, "I should have been a blacksmith."

First entry to a great Alternate History Viking Trilogy.

This was an interesting book to read and I do look forward to picking up the next two in the series. However, I must confess that I do not know mch about the real history told hete, so I was unable to pick up the differences, but this is a history that I will be looking more into now that it has been brought to my attention. Harrison is a great writer, I enjoyed his style and storytelling skills. I forsee many more of his books in my future.

This whole trilogy is excellent. I have reread so many times the book fell apart. Definitely one of the best alternate histories I've ever read. I don't agree with some of the reviewers: I don't believe you need a wonderful knowledge of history to enjoy it (because I didn't; I recognized the Battle of Hastings & was tickled and that was it), just enough to know that this is an alternate version. I also don't believe this is a "book for men". Wth. No such thing. It's adventure, and not quite