Timothy Severin

Set in an ancient Viking world full of brooding Norse mythology and bloodthirsty battles, this is the first volume in an epic historical fiction trilogy.

Odinn's Child

Retraces the journeys of castaways and pirates to discover the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's classic, describing his undertaking of a perilous sea voyage and search for the Miskutu Indians in Nicaragua and Honduras.

In Search of Robinson Crusoe

A Leather Boat Tracks the Discovery of America by the Irish Sailor Saints

The Brendan Voyage

Nearly 900 years after Duke Godfrey de Bouillon set out on the First Crusade, Tim Severin set out with one woman and two horses to retrace his steps. Starting out from Chateau Bouillon in Belgium with the same breed of Ardennes Heavy Horse used by Duke Godfrey, Severin followed the historic trail for eight and a half months. Riding out of the green countryside of northern Europe into the heat and parched landscape of the Near East, he and his companion covered more than 2,500 miles, past ruined Crusader settlements and ancient battlefields, through arduous mountain passes and across barren Anatolian steppes. Across Germany, Austria, Hungary, (then) Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkey and Syria, he followed the precise route of the medieval voyagers towards their common destination - Jerusalem.In this dazzling synthesis of adventure, practical history and exploration, Severin assesses just how far Duke Godfrey could have travelled each day; which routes the Crusaders would have taken and how they would have cared for themselves and their horses.

By Horse to Jerusalem

Crusader

The second book in Tim Severin's thrilling historical adventure series set in Saxon timesSigwulf, a Saxon prince exiled to the court of Carolus, King of the Franks, is summoned by the royal advisor Alcuin of York. Carolus has received magnificent gifts from the Caliph of Baghdad and is determined to send back presents that will be equally sensational. White is the royal colour of Baghdad so the most important gifts will be rare white animals from the Northlands. Sigwulf, having proved himself as a royal agent to Moorish Spain, has been selected to obtain the creatures, then take them to Baghdad. He must find white gyrfalcons and two white polar bears and - as Carolus has seen its picture in a book of beasts - a unicorn. He and his companions travel far into the north. Though they obtain some of the animals, they quickly realize that not all are even real. Setting out for Baghdad with their menagerie, they encounter danger after danger and it seems that someone is trying to wreck their mission . . . with each stage of the long journey bringing a new and unexpected peril . . .

The Emperor's Elephant

The Spice Islands Voyage is about a journey and a quest: a journey among the Spice Islands of equatorial Indonesia aboard a traditional native sailing vessel; a quest to rediscover Alfred Russel Wallace, the brilliant and intrepid naturalist who jointly proposed, with Charles Darwin, the theory of natural selection, and whose travels founded the science of zoo geography. Navigating through sparkling coral seas to remote shorelines, Tim Severin and his crew retraced the explorer's journeys, encountering green turtles and flying foxes, observing the smuggling of rare birds and rainforest destruction, but also witnessing the emergence of a new sense of environmental awareness. 'Full of insights retraces a journey through places of fabulous natural and cultural diversity should inspire new readers to discover the remarkable writings of Wallace himself', Independent

In Search of Wallace

The Spice Islands Voyage

Eight centuries ago Genghis Khan rode out of the steppes of Mongolia to establish the largest empire ever achieved by any one man. Now Tim Severin, award-winning author of The Brendan Voyage, has retraced the tracks of Khan's feared horde. culture has changed. 24 pages of illustrations, 8 in color; maps.

In Search of Genghis Khan

Following the collapse of nearly seventy years of Communist rule, veteran writer and traveler Tim Severin went to Mongolia "to see how much of the tradtional way of life survived." He discovered a country in an uncertain state of transition and struggling with its newfound identity. Part travelogue and part historical recreation of the legendary journey of the barbaric Mongol warrior Genghis Khan, Severin employs his trademark wit and insight to offer a rare glimpse of a region seldom seen by Westerners and attempts to retrace the great Khan's westward sweep of conquest.

An Exhilarating Journey on Horseback Across the Steppes of Mongolia

Sea Search for the Odyssey

The Ulysses Voyage

Chronicles the explorations of conquistadors, voyageurs, and charlatans who discovered, opened up and exploited the Mississippi River Valley.

Explorers of the Mississippi

River explorers including Joliet, Marquette, La Salle, and Henry de Tonti-plus a smattering of frauds and dilettantes, including Lieutenant Zebulon Pike.

The Quest for the Golden Fleece

The Jason Voyage

The Golden Antilles

Odin's Child/Sworn Brother/King's Man

Viking Omnibus

Recounts the harrowing voyage of Timothy Severin and his crew across the North Atlantic in a thirty-six-foot leather boat, to prove the legend that a sixth-century Irish monk, St. Brendan, could have reached North America.

Il vichingo

The vast lands and wealth of Siberia were claimed for Russia in the sixteenth century by a renegade soldier named Yermak Timofeyevich, an explorer whose accomplishments rival those of Columbus, Cook, and Magellan. Here, in this short-form book from award-winning author Timothy Severin, is his incredible and seldom-told story.

The Man Who Won Siberia

The author, an adventurer and travel writer, follows Melville into the deep blue sea in search of his literary creation, the white whale.

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