by Francisco Narla · Círculo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467254655
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«Assur» is the historical novel by Francisco Narla, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (951 pages, in Spanish).
In the year 968, Assur, a twelve-year-old Galician boy, sees his village razed by Vikings and is separated from his family. Gutier de León takes him in and trains him in the sciences and the art of war, but the young man is taken prisoner at the Battle of Adóbrica and carried off as a slave to Scandinavia. After escaping, he becomes a whaler and his mettle turns him into a legend among his enemies.
Published in 2013, the story takes place in the 10th century and spans from Galicia to Scandinavia and Greenland.
For readers of historical fiction and medieval adventure, with an extensive plot set in the Iberian Peninsula of the 10th century.
