Neil Price: The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings [2022] paperback SHIST in London and in Paris

in London and in Paris

Reminiscent of Jon Ronson's The Men who Stare at Goats and as compelling as Ben McIntyre's Agent Zigzag

Equal parts travelogue

From the very first page

plus seven full-colour area maps

Neil Price: The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings [2022] paperback SHIST in London and in ParisA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'As brilliant a history of the Vikings as one could possibly hope to read' Tom Holland The 'Viking Age' is traditionally held to begin in June 793 when Scandinavian raiders attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and to end in September 1066, when King Harald Hardrada of Norway died leading the charge against the English line at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. This book, the most wide ranging and comprehensive