Erik – Ruler of the North and Pirate King
Herman Lindqvist
By Sweden’s pre-eminent historian, who has sold over 650 000 copies across the authorship.When he was only fourteen years old he became the king of Sweden and just a year later he was crowned the king of all the Nordic countries—the man who is now fa…
Sweden—Poland
Herman Lindqvist
By Sweden’s pre-eminent historian, who has sold over 650,000 copies across his authorship.For a thousand years, Swedes and Poles have met in war and love, yet their story and connection is not well known or obvious to many. Twice, Swedish armies have…
Nazi Gold and the Field Marshal’s Secret
Marcus Wallén
A roller-coaster page-turner which takes the reader on a treasure hunt across Europe, from the 1930s to the present day on the trail of the missing Nazi treasures.‘Polish “Gold Train” Hunters Start Searching for Nazi Underground Factory’, claims the…
The Wild & Violent Vasa Dynasty
Herman Lindqvist
When Gustav Eriksson was elected regent in 1521, he was alone and destitute – his relatives had been executed in the infamous Stockholm Bloodbath and all of the family’s assets were seized. But Gustav was used to wielding influence, and he came to th…
Another World
Cecilia Lindqvist
After seven days of travel on the Trans-Siberian Railway, Cecilia Lindqvist approaches Beijing. It is January 1961, and she is shocked by her first encounter with China. The country is plagued by famine and the harsh political climate casts a dire sh…
The Warsaw Swedes
Staffan Thorsell
On June 9, 1942, a speech was broadcast on the BBC that would change human history. Władysław Sikorski, Poland’s prime minister exiled in London, revealed that 700,000 Jews had been systematically murdered in brutal Nazi concentration camps, quaranti…
When Finland Was Sweden
Herman Lindqvist
For almost 700 years Sweden and Finland were one and the same country. Yet in Sweden this period remains strangely unknown. But Herman Lindqvist fills the hole in the Swedes’ knowledge about the country’s long kinship with Finland – and he does so in…