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The story of the Vikings is one of the most dramatic in European history. From their base in Scandinavia, Viking warriors and settlers spread across northern Europe, into Russia and across the Atlantic. After their first impact as fearsome raiders, destroying monasteries and plundering coastal settlements, the Vikings turned to conquest in England, Ireland and Normandy. In their longships they also penetrated into the Mediterranean and as far as Byzantium, as well as establishing settlements in Iceland and Greenland, and discovering Vinland, or America.The Vikings is a concise and clear survey of who the Vikings were, what they did, why they did it and how we know about them. It includes an account of their remarkable saga literature. It is likely to become a standard work on the subject.

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[A]ccessible...This account...tenders to the reader a much fuller understanding of the nature of the people who once so troubled our shores. - David Musgrove, BBC History Magazine, 2007--David Musgrove, BBC History Magazine

[A]ccessible...This account...tenders to the reader a much fuller understanding of the nature of the people who once so troubled our shores. - David Musgrove, BBC History Magazine, 2007

Its narratives are compelling and engagingly told, and based upon an intelligent reading of primary sources...it is certainly fit to be recommended to students and the 'general reader' as an up-to-date and coherent survey of this perennially attractive period. - Christopher Abram, Saga-Book [A]ccessible...This account...tenders to the reader a much fuller understanding of the nature of the people who once so troubled our shores. - David Musgrove, BBC History Magazine, 2007--Sanford Lakoff

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Martin Arnold is Professor of Scandinavian Literature at Hull University. He is the author of The Vikings (Continuum, 2006).

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