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Bursting with full colour illustrations, a handy, complete guide to the Vikings, from the lives they led at home to their voyages of plunder across Europe and into America.

The history of the Vikings is bloody and eventful, and Viking warriors capture the popular imagination to this day. They made history, establishing the dukedom of Normandy, providing the Byzantine Emperors' bodyguard and landing on the shores of America 500 years before Columbus.

Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs and original Osprey artwork, this book presents a new window into their way of life including detailed studies of the Hersir, the raiding warrior of the Viking world, and the legendary Viking longship.

Table of Contents

Chronology
Introduction
The Vikings at Home
The Viking Hersir
The Vikings in Battle
The Viking Longship
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published 22 Sep 2016
Format Ebook (Epub)
Edition 1st
Extent 192
ISBN 9781472813237
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 10 b/w; 80 col
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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René Chartrand

RENÉ CHARTRAND was born in Montreal and educated i…

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Keith Durham

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Mark Harrison

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Ian Heath

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