Northmen: The Viking Saga, AD 793-1241

by John Haywood

Book Overview

From Finland to Newfoundland and Jelling to Jerusalem, follow in the wake of the Vikings--a transformative story of a people that begins with paganism and ends in Christendom. In AD 800, the Scandinavians were just barbarians in longships. Though they held sway in the north, their power meant little more than the ability to pillage and plunder, which they did to bolster their status at home. But as these Norse warriors left their strongholds to trade,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250106141
• ISBN13: 9781250106148
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"