?? Unlock Sweden's Savage Saga: Where Viking Axes Forged an Empire from Ice and Iron!

Did you know Sweden's first king drowned in mead... fed to him by rivals through a hollow cow horn?

From runestones weeping blood-runes ? to Gustavus Adolphus' frozen corpse commanding armies ? - this large-print epic reveals how a land of pagan raiders birthed Europe's most feared war machine.

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Viking traders selling Sami slaves in Birka's markets ? - their collars still buried in harbor mud.

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The Kalmar Union's betrayal: Danish kings executing 100 Swedish nobles ? in Stockholm's Great Square.

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Gustav Vasa's revenge: Hanging priests who opposed Reformation ? - then seizing church gold to fund his wars.

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Charles XII's madness: Fighting the Ottomans from a tent while gangrene ate his leg.

?? "Burn their farms! Salt their fields! Let no Swedish dog bark against the Crown!"
-- King Christian II of Denmark (1520), ordering the Stockholm Bloodbath that birthed Swedish independence.

? Reader's Verdict:
"I felt the Baltic wind crack my lips on every page! The chapter on Viking 'blood eagles' left me shaking. Large print made complex battles like Breitenfeld crystal clear. History with the fury of a blizzard! "
-- Dr. Elin Vogt (Scandinavian History, Uppsala University)

?? Why Sweden's Past Defies Fairy Tales:
It exposes the frost beneath the crown jewels:

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Runestone secrets ?: Memorials to sons lost in Rus raids - carved by mothers who starved that winter.

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Vasa's tyranny ?: Peasant rebels impaled on stakes as warnings along the Göta Canal.

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Carolean 'death marches' ?: Soldiers chewing leather belts while marching into Russian cannonfire.

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Bernadotte's treason: A French marshal stealing Sweden's throne while Napoleon raged.

Feel the bite of history: Hear axes splintering at the Battle of Narva, smell tar on Viking longships, and taste black bread soaked in Luther's tears as churches burn. Large print guides you through every blizzard of war.

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