
Basically, the thesis of the book is that Homer's tales weren't myths but based on actual places and events that took place not in and around Greece but Scandinavia and that the Greek myths had Scandinavian origins.
The author offers an absolutely fascinating solution to Homer's enigmas. For example, he identifies places in Homer's writings that have never been identified in the Mediterranean or Aegean archipelago. He gives places in Scandinavia that correspond perfectly with Homer's descriptions.
He authoritatively solves the problems that the topography mentioned in The Iliad and The Odyssey do not match the topography of the Mediterranean. Various prehistorians, historians, archeologists, and linguists have expressed their consternation about Homer's geographical details. It was Plutarch, who in his essay "The face that appears in the lunar orb," unequivocally states that Goddess Calypso's island of Ogygia mentioned in the Odyssey was situated "five days' sail from Britain, toward the west."
This book is a serious scholarly work and a stunning effort.