A new narrative history of the Viking Age interwoven with exploration of the physical remains & landscapes that the Vikings fashioned & walked their rune-stones & ship burials settlements & battlefields To many the word Viking' brings to mind red scenes of rape & pillage of marauders from beyond the sea rampaging around the British coastline in the last gloomy centuries before the Norman Conquest It is true that Britain in the Viking Age was a turbulent violent place The kings & warlords who have impressed their memories on the period revel in names that fire the blood & stir the imagination Svein Forkbeard & Edmund Ironside Ivar the Boneless & Alfred the Great Erik Bloodaxe & Edgar the Pacifier amongst many others Evidence for their brutality their dominance their avarice & their pride is still unearthed from British soil with stunning regularity But this is not the whole story In Viking Britain Thomas Williams has drawn on his experience as project curator of the British Museum exhibition of Vikings Life & Legend to show how the people we call Vikings came not just to raid & plunder but to settle to colonize & to rule The impact on these islands was profound & enduring shaping British social cultural & political development for hundreds of years Indeed in language literature place-names & folklore the presence of Scandinavian settlers can still be felt & their memory
- filtered & refashioned through the writings of people like JRR Tolkien William Morris & GKChesterton
- has transformed the western imagination This remarkable makes use of new academic research & first-hand experience drawing deeply from the relics & landscapes that the Vikings & their contemporaries fashioned & walked their runestones & ship burials settlements & battlefields poems & chronicles The book offers a vital evocation of a forgotten world its echoes in later history & its implications for the present

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A guide to the legendary Scandinavian Vikings It

Includes:: colour photographs that offer your child an 'eyewitness'

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A Times Book of the Year 'A literary intelligent read from a masterful storyteller' In 1035 a young fifteen year old Viking is dragged wounded from the battle Left for dead for the next twenty years his adventures lead him over mountains down the length of Russia & ultimately to Constantinople & the Holy City of Jerusalem Drawn into political intrigue he will be the lover of Empresses the murderer of an emperor; he will hold the balance of power in the Byzantine Empire in his hands & then give it all up for a Russian princess & the chance to return home & lead his own people where he must fight the demons of his past his family & his countrymen in a long & bitter war for revenge & power Told in his own voice this is the astonishing true story of the most famous warrior in all Christendom Harald Hardrada the last Viking ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Join Orlaith a Celtic princess as she learns to fight love & survive against Viking invaders hell-bent on revenge in this dark age actionadventure ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Koli a peasant boy is taken from his family & raised by Vikings Years later he fights next to them in the warrior clan Soon after finding an ancient egg the clan are attacked by a dragon thought only to exist in legends Koli in his quest to defeat the dragon discovers his true lineage & realises the fate of the world now lies with him as only he can stop the impending prophecy & become a true Viking hero ...

Drink to victory in battle with this unique goblet! Exclusive to Nemesis Now this imposing high-quality resin gauntlet has a removable stainless steel insert for easy cleaning & makes a distinctive addition to any home Fill with wine mead or the blood of your enemies to leave no-one in doubt that within your chest beats the heart of a lion SPECIFICATIONS Category Medieval Function Goblets Weight 07917 kg ...

From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories Whitby Northern England 867 Edwin & Luke are young boys training to be monks It's a quiet life until one day the Vikings invade The boys are terrified of the fearsome Danes whose gods are even more terrifying warriors than they are What will happen if the boys are caught? Terry Deary's Viking Tales explore the world & mythology of the Vikings through the eyes of children who could have lived at the time These stories feature real people from history & take place in some of the most recognisable Viking settings This new edition features notes for the reader to help extend learning & exploration of the historical period Book band Brown Ideal for ages 7 Quizzed for Accelerated Reader ...

From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories Norway 793 AD Fleece was snatched by Viking warriors when she was a young girl Now she must work for a bullying farmer & his family looking after their sheep She longs to return to the country where she was born but how will she ever make that journey back across the sea? Terry Deary's Viking Tales explore the world & mythology of the Vikings through the eyes of children who could have lived at the time These stories feature real people from history & take place in some of the most recognizable Viking settings This new edition features notes for the reader to help extend learning & exploration of the historical period Book band Brown Ideal for ages 7 Quizzed for Accelerated Reader ...

From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories Wessex Southern England 878 Fortune is not on the side of the English & the Vikings will soon control all the land Even young Ethelbert believes he could do a better job than King Alfred Little does he know that soon he will be called on to prove it Terry Deary's Viking Tales explore the world & mythology of the Vikings through the eyes of children who could have lived at the time These stories feature real people from history & take place in some of the most recognizable Viking settings This new edition features notes for the reader to help extend learning & exploration of the historical period Book band Brown Ideal for ages 7 Quizzed for Accelerated Reader ...

The most violent criminal underworld in history! Finn & Egil brothers
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