The Northmen's Fury by Philip Parker
The Northmens Fury describes how and why a region at the edge of Europe came to dominate and to terrorise much of the rest of the continent for nearly three centuries and how, in the end, the coming of Christianity and the growing power of kings tempered the Viking ferocity and stemmed the tide of raids.
It is quite a feat to write history this good.. Everyone who visits the British Museum's Viking exhibition should go clutching a copy of this engaging and splendidly written book. -- Dan Jones * Sunday Times *
Parker has a traveller's eye for landscape and a storyteller's sense of events and character; The Northmen's Fury is probably the most lively and well-informed introduction to the subject available today. * New Statesman *
Particularly fascinating... [Parker] proves expert at treading a delicate line between scholarship and his relish for the fantastical. -- Tom Holland * The Times *
This book is a treasury with treats galore. Lucid, comprehensive, it is a work of reference which deserves to become a classic. * Historical Novel Society *
Perfectly timed for the forthcoming British Museum exhibition. * Sunday Times *
Philip Parker has encapsulated the Viking story in this book. * CGA Magazine *
[An] energetic and intelligent guide to the Viking world. -- A.N. Wilson * Sunday Telegraph *
A detailed study that succeeds in conveying the impact of the Viking age... A fascinating read. -- Martin Arnold * Literary Review *
Engrossing * Mail on Sunday *
Parker has a traveller's eye for landscape and a storyteller's sense of events and character; The Northmen's Fury is probably the most lively and well-informed introduction to the subject available today. * New Statesman *
Particularly fascinating... [Parker] proves expert at treading a delicate line between scholarship and his relish for the fantastical. -- Tom Holland * The Times *
This book is a treasury with treats galore. Lucid, comprehensive, it is a work of reference which deserves to become a classic. * Historical Novel Society *
Perfectly timed for the forthcoming British Museum exhibition. * Sunday Times *
Philip Parker has encapsulated the Viking story in this book. * CGA Magazine *
[An] energetic and intelligent guide to the Viking world. -- A.N. Wilson * Sunday Telegraph *
A detailed study that succeeds in conveying the impact of the Viking age... A fascinating read. -- Martin Arnold * Literary Review *
Engrossing * Mail on Sunday *
Philip Parker was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He has travelled widely including the whole length of the Roman frontier and large parts of the Viking World. He is the author of The Empire Stops Here: A Journey Along the Frontiers of the Roman World, published by Jonathan Cape in 2009.
www.philipparker.net
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224090803 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224090801 |
| Title | The Northmen's Fury |
| Author | Philip Parker |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2014-02-27 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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