The Vikings: A Short History by Martin Arnold

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The Vikings: A Short History by Martin Arnold

This concise history of the Vikings traces the 300-year saga of the pirates and warlords who poured out of Scandinavia between the eighth and eleventh centuries, terrorizing, conquering, and ultimately settling vast tracts of land throughout Europe.
Martin Arnold is Reader in Scandinavian Literature at Hull University. He is the author of The Vikings: Culture and Conquest and The Post-Classical Icelandic Family Saga. He was the historical consultant for the BBC Radio 4 series, The Viking Way (2006). He is currently co-authoring with Tom Shippey (The Road to Middle-Earth) Legends of Viking Heroes forthcoming from HarperCollins. He lives in Scarborough.
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ISBN 13 9780752445779
ISBN 10 0752445774
Title The Vikings: A Short History
Author Martin Arnold
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The History Press Ltd
Year published 2008-04-14
Number of pages 192
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