Oliver, Neil, 1967-

The Vikings / Neil Oliver. - First Pegasus Books cloth edition. - New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2013. - xx, 284 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-271) and index.

By rock and ice -- Stone, bronze, and iron -- The wider world -- Pagans from the North -- Swedish Vikings in the East -- The endless stream of Vikings -- The Great Heathen Army -- A rising tide -- Cnut the Great -- Principal Viking characters.

Uncovers new information about the Vikings, describing where they originated, how they lived, and what drove their thirst for exploration, traveling as far as America and Baghdad over one thousand years ago.

9781605984834 : 1605984833


Vikings--History.
Vikings--Social life and customs.

DL65 / .O45 2013

948.022