It's time to meet the real Vikings. A comb, preserved in a bog, engraved with the earliest traces of a new writing system. A pagan shrine deep beneath a lava field. A note from an angry wife to a husband too long at the tavern. Doodles on birch-bark, made by an imaginative child. From these tiny embers, Eleanor Barraclough blows back to life the vast, rich and complex world of the Vikings. These are not just the stories of kings, raiders and saga heroes. Here are the lives of ordinary people: the merchants, children, artisans, enslaved people, seers, travellers and storytellers who shaped the medieval Nordic world. Immerse yourself in the day-to-day lives of an extraordinary culture that spanned centuries and spread from its Scandinavian heartlands to the remote fjords of Greenland, the Arctic wastelands, the waterways and steppes of Eurasia, all the way to the Byzantine Empire and Islamic Caliphate.

ÖVRIGT:
Mediatyp: Bok
Bandtyp: Pocket
Författare: Eleanor Barraclough
Förlag: Profile Books
Språk: Engelska
Omfång: 384 sidor
Mått (bxhxd): 128x198x25 mm
Vikt: 330 gram
Illustrerad: Nej

Streckkod: 9781788166751
SKU: 860706