Former slave Halfdan Hroriksson, now a Viking warrior, leaves home to find what fate has in store for him, and to fulfill his oath to kill the man who murdered his brother.
Details the life, character, and military and political accomplishments of late eighth and early ninth-century Roman Emperor Charlemagne describing how he united the European nations bringing them out of the Dark Ages.
Provides an overview of the lives of Charlemagne and his subjects in the Frankish empire of the late eighth and early ninth centuries, and includes excerpts from poems, letters, laws, and diaries of the time.
