The Vikings: Wolves of War will provide readers with an accessible and learned account of the Viking Age, distilling current scholarship on the subject into an enjoyable and stimulating narrative.

Phil Cardew, London South Bank University

A remarkable and up-to-date survey of the Viking Age, covering both Viking history and culture. . . . The book is authoritative yet written in an accessible and highly readable narrative style. Within the pages of this gripping account, Arnold presents an overview of the Vikings, detailing not only their savagery and bloody rituals, but also their artistic and innovative sides. . . . The Vikings not only serves as an excellent primer on the Viking Age, but it is also a ripping good read! Arnold's narrative style is lively and engrossing, and you can easily forget that you are reading a history book and not a novel.

Herbert White, History In Review

The testimonials on the back cover of this book accurately assert that The Vikings: Wolves of War is an accessible and enjoyable narrative description of the Viking Age.....Brief chapters and wide narrative strokes ensure that this work is fast-paced and exciting, and Arnold's engaging tone will certainly capture and sustain readers who are unfamiliar with the subject.....This book is a welcome addition to the 'Critical Issues in History' series....Supplemented by other notable Viking histories...this book would provide first-year university students or general readers with a stimulating introduction to the Viking Age.

2008, Journal Of The Australian Early Medival Association

This slim volume provides a useful overview....The book is written in a lively style that will appeal to students....It will serve well as assigned reading in a college course and can be used at the high school level where the Viking period may be a section of a Social Science course.

Journal of English and Germanic Philology

The most accessible and up-to-date account currently available of the Viking phenomenon, The Vikings links literary, historical, and archaeological sources to provide a balanced view of the 'fury of the Northmen,' neither glamorizing nor apologetic. Martin Arnold's book is the ideal introduction for students and general readers.

Thomas Shippey, Saint Louis University