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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Best of Treece's Viking trilogy,
By sideshowbob (Queensland, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Viking's Dawn (Hardcover)
This is the first part of Treece's Viking trilogy and it is by far the best part. The story is quite simple; a group of rovers form a crew in the western fjords of Norway and sail west, to Britain, in search of gold. The hero is Harald Sigurdson, a young boy who was intending to sail with his father, who is seriously injured in one of the early chapters. Thus Harald is on his own, and is forced to grow into a man very quickly by the hardship that he faces upon the waves. Watching Harald grow is like seeing the transformation of any boy to a man. But from the beginning there is more to Viking's Dawn than there is to some of Treece's other books about Vikings. It deals with a number of themes such as ambition and betrayal. The leaders of the expedition, Thorkell Fairhair and Ragnar Raven, are both berserks and powerful Vikings. They are also rivals that place the crew in great danger and lead to a somewhat tragic ending. Like the other Viking novels, Treece's language is simple and easy to grasp. He portrays the bold sea-rovers excellently, presenting them as they were, brave, cunning, generous, but also cruel and greedy. If you only read one piece of fiction about Vikings, make it this one!
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Vicking's Dawn,
By A Customer
This review is from: Viking's Dawn (Hardcover)
This was one of the first books I read by myself as a child of about eight. I loved it. Now, as an adult I have read it with my son and he loves it to. It started me on a life long passion for vikings. As an adult I have gone on to read most of the viking sagas that are available in translation into english. Having done so I now see that Treece's style is in keeping with the genuine article. It is straight forward and direct. There isn't much room for sentimentality. Some characters die and the rest have to get on with it. The historical detail is good and it paints a fairly plausible picture of viking life in the late eighth century. This is very much a book for boys. My wife and daughter have no interest in it. I would recommend it to any boy who is interested in adventure stories and has at least a passing interest in history.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A keeper!!,
By Canadian Teach (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Viking's Dawn (Hardcover)
I read this book for the first time in my teens. I couldn't put it down!! I then went on to read the 2 other books in the trilogy. This is the movie you would want for a movie script if you had the right actors. Solid characters in this book and interesting friendships between the characters. I'm an avid reader and a teacher. This book should be back in print so schools could use it again for children, adults and teens to read. This is one of the books that launched my interest into historical fiction, fantasy etc.... I've lent this book to friends and they agree, if you like Rosemary Sutcliffe you'll like Henry Treece. Buy this book for your kids especially if they're male. If you want your son to take an interest in reading this one is it!!!!
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