The Vikings: A New History
By Neil Oliver.
Description
An archaeologist goes beyond the Vikings’ bloody reputation to search for the truth, in a new and groundbreaking historyThe Vikings famously took no prisoners, relished cruel retribution, and prided themselves on their bloodthirsty skills as warriors. But their prowess in battle is only a small part of their story, which stretches from their Scandinavian origins to America in the West and as far as Baghdad in the East. As the Vikings did not write their own history, we have to discover it for ourselves; and that discovery, as Neil Oliver reveals, tells an extraordinary story of a peop...
ISBN(s)
1605986399, 9781605986395
