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Set in an ancient Viking world full of brooding Norse mythology and bloodthirsty battles, VIKING - Odinn’s Child is the stunning first volume in an epic historical fiction trilogy.
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Our story begins in the year 1001 and the toddler, Thorgils Leiffson, son of Leif the Lucky and Thorgunna, arrives on the shores of Brattahlid in Greenland to be brought up in the fostercare of a young woman - Gudrid. Thorgils is a rootless character of quicksilver intelligence and adaptability. He has inherited his mother’s ability of second sight and his destiny lies beyond the imagination of those around him. Virtually orphaned, he is raised by various mentors, who teach him the ancient ways and warn him of the invasion of the ‘White Christ’ into the land of the ‘Old Gods’. Thorgils is guided by a restless quest for adventure and the wanderlust of his favoured god, Odinn. His fortunes take him into many dangerous situations as well as to the brink of death by execution, in battle, disease and shipwreck… Packed with wonderfully reimagined Viking sagas and adventures, and fascinating and unique characters, VIKING - Odinn’s Child gives historical novel writing a new dimension.
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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A dear friend who shares the same taste in of books gave me this thrilling Viking trilogy with the words "The beginning is slow and a bit off putting, but get through the first 100 pages and then you will enjoy every coming page." And she was absolutely right.
Roughly the first 100 pages I found difficult to read as it constantly introduces new characters and places and the author seems to be all over the place, with no focus and any real plot developing. So it was a bit of a drag, but suddenly everything seems to merge, seems to make sense and felt into its place.
The story begins in the year 1001 and the main character is Thorgils Leiffson, the natural son of a Norse Chief. He tells the story of his life.
The reader will encounter a world which is so utterly different from ours. Christianity and pagan religion co-exist and fight for supremacy. Life was hard, cruel and full of fights. I have never been really fascinated by Viking history and know hardly anything about it. I did never really like this time as I found it dark. However, Tim Severin masters the art of getting the reader to understand this world. One learns about the world long dead and forgotten. Forgotten? Well, you will be surprised how much of this world still lives on but we are not aware of the origins of our deep rooted habits. So this book and the two other volumes of the trilogy are more than just another action packed novel. One is wandering through this world and starts to discover it.
Tim Severin is described as an explorer and traveler and living in Ireland. Well, the reader will have no problems of seeing that he made very good use of his talents in this book or better in the trilogy. It is easy reading, but it is not simple.
After having finished I stared straight away No. 2 of the trilogy and the same happened with book No. 3. I believe other readers will feel the same, but bear in mind: do not give up during the first 100 pages!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is eventually a good read, very slow to start and filled with a huge amount of detail on people and places which can be quite hard to follow in Icelandic/Norse/Greenalnd names!. The first half of the book is filled with childhood experiences which to be honest I was getting a little bored of, but for me it hugely improves in the second half with a little more action. In terms of fiction/history it is very good, bringing a lot of detail to 1000AD Viking and Norse lives.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This historical fiction much in the Bernard Cornwell vein. The vikings make an excellent choice of subject matter and Tim Severin does very well in conjuring up images of life in the far northern margins of the inhabited world. Spreading the geographical sweep as far as Vinland (which I think refers to Canada or North America) was a nice touch too. It perhaps does'nt have quite have the degree of suspense you get with a Bernard Cornwell book but it's certainly well worth a read and I recommend it. The next book in the serious is eqally good too.
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I bought this book along with the following two sequels purely because i wanted a book about vikings and this one had the best average reviews. I was looking forward to it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by SamWilliams
A plodding read.
This is a hard read, the pace is very slow with nothing happening for large parts of the book, it was a real struggle to get through the first half, the second half is better but... Read more
Published 11 months ago by plot hound
Quite a disappointing read
Though a sincere attempt to tell a fact based and researched story of a journey through the Norse world it fails at both having a natural flow of the storyline and being researched... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Haredale
Greatly Pleased
This book came on time as well as being a good wee read. It was in a very good condition and I can't wait to read the next one.
Published 19 months ago by FFVincent
Slow starter
This book isn't particularly long, at only 324 pages - so to spend the first 100 or so of these where the story plods along and the narrator jumps around a bit as to which part of... Read more
Published 20 months ago by simon211175
Viking - Odin`s Child
Very good read and well researched, hope the rest of the series is as good.
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Bev. Dewar - Australia.
Published on 15 Sep 2009 by Beverly M. Dewar
Absorbing Norse travel log
Reading a lot of the reviews on here they seem to be flavoured along the lines of 'a good book but... Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2009 by Mr. A. I. Harrison
Viking tales
I agree with the first review. It started very slowly and it seemed like one of those books that you could put down and easily forget about. Read more
Published on 5 Jun 2008 by Mr. P. Gilliver
It's different
This book was an enjoyable read an i will be buying the next two books in the series. However i have recently been reading the Roman Legion series by Simon Scarrow, The Caesar... Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2008 by Stephen Greenhalgh
A good book, an interesting read, but not spectacular!
Odinn's child is the first in Tim Severin's Viking series featuring the character Thorgils Leifsson. The book is a fascinating account of Norse culture and beliefs. Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2007 by B. J. Madeley
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