Download or read book The Twilight of the North written by Jorgen Flood and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 250 years the Vikings sailed the oceans of the world. Their exploits are legendary. They reached far into Russia, sailed the Mediterranean from one end to the other, and crossed the Atlantic to North America. At one point they ruled much of England and Ireland. Few cities, even those far from the coastline were safe from them. But it was not all raiding, they were also settlers, explorers. and soldiers. This is the story of one of these men, Erik Sigvaldsson, who like many before and after him, ended up in the service of the emperor of Byzantium.