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Harald Hardrada

Dan Snow's HISTORY HIT by History Hit

Jun 8, 202650:20Society & Culture

Exile, mercenary, Viking king. Harald Hardrada, 'Thunderbolt of the North', fought his way from Norway to Byzantium, from the streets of Constantinople to the battlefields of Sicily. He married a princess, blinded an emp...

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Harald Hardrada is an episode from Dan Snow's HISTORY HIT by History Hit. Exile, mercenary, Viking king. Harald Hardrada, 'Thunderbolt of the North', fought his way from Norway to Byzantium, from the streets of Constantinople to the battlef...

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Published Jun 8, 2026, 50:20 long, audio available.

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