I am heading off to Ireland next week to present a paper in the HNS 2026 conference organised by the Historical Novel Society. I will be talking about how sixteen of the Norman invaders of Ireland in 1169 were the sons and grandsons of Nest ferch Rhys, the heroine of my Conquest novels. Her son,…
Category: vikings
On a Viking trouser-snake
I’ve a crick in my neck, And tend to fall on my head, My trouser-snake is soft, And my hearing’s gone away. The extract above is from Judith Jesch’s translation of a lament on old age by the 10th century Viking skald (or poet) Egil Skallagrimsson. The image is a 19th century French painting by…
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