Description
| Product ID: | 9781472813213 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | Osprey Publishing |
| Title: | The Vikings |
| Authors: | Author: Ian Heath, Rene Chartrand, Mark Harrison, Keith Durham |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, c 500 CE to c 1000 CE, c 1000 CE to c 1500 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The history of the Vikings is bloody and eventful, and Viking warriors capture the popular imagination to this day. They made history, establishing the dukedom of Normandy, providing the Byzantine Emperors’ bodyguard and landing on the shores of America 500 years before Columbus. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs and original Osprey artwork, this book presents a new window into their way of life including detailed studies of the Hersir, the raiding warrior of the Viking world, and the legendary Viking longship. The history of the Vikings is bloody and eventful, and Viking warriors capture the popular imagination to this day. They made history, establishing the dukedom of Normandy, providing the Byzantine Emperors’ bodyguard and landing on the shores of America 500 years before Columbus. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs and original Osprey artwork, this book presents a new window into their way of life including detailed studies of the Hersir, the raiding warrior of the Viking world, and the legendary Viking longship. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-09-22 |
