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Genre/Form: | Graphic novels Comics (Graphic works) Historical fiction Bandes dessinées Comic books, strips, etc |
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Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Brian Wood; Davide Gianfelice; Dave McCaig; Travis Lanham |
ISBN: | 9781401219185 1401219187 9781845769925 1845769929 9781848563544 184856354X 9781401222963 140122296X 9781848565586 1848565585 9781401228507 140122850X 9781401231606 1401231608 9781401233662 140123366X 9781401236915 140123691X 9781401226206 1401226205 9780857680372 0857680374 9780857685162 0857685163 9781781160664 178116066X |
OCLC Number: | 299097917 |
Notes: | Each volume originally published in varopis single magazine forms as Northlanders 1-50. |
Target Audience: | "Suggested for mature readers"--Back cover |
Description: | volumes (various pagings) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm |
Contents: | Volume 1. Sven the returned -- Volume 2. Cross + the hammer -- Volume 3. Blood in the snow -- Volume 4. The plague widow -- . Volume 5. Metal and other stories -- Volume 6. Thor's daughter and other stories -- Volume 7. The Icelandic trilogy. |
Responsibility: | Brian Wood, writer ; Davide Gianfelice, artist ; Dave McCaig, colorist ; Travis Lanham, letterer. |
Abstract:
When Sven of Orkney - now relocated to the sophisticated city of Constantinople - learns of his father's death, he returns to his home in the hope of inheriting a fortune. But what he discovers is treachery; his father murdered by his uncle Gorm, who has stolen Sven's birthright. But is Sven still Viking enough to reclaim what is his by right?
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"...another creative victory for writer Wood... Northlanders takes you into a well-researched, richly realized world that illuminates politics and culture without getting bogged down in history-book stuff." - Entertainment Weekly "A great opening to a potentially fantastic series, mixing action, suspense, and realistic drama in the gritty setting of Viking-era Scotland." - ComicsBulletin.com "An excellent piece of work... it's 300 meets Braveheart plus Hamlet with a bloodstained heart." - ComicBookResources.com" Read more...

