CHILDREN OF ASH AND ELM: A HISTORY OF THE VIKINGS (PB)

The Viking diaspora stretched from Vinland in America to Uzbekistan, and had contacts as far away as China. Based on the latest archaeology, this new history explores the complex origins of the Viking phenomenon and traces the seismic shifts in Scandinavian society that resulted from an economy geared to maritime war. It takes us inside the Norse mind and spirit-world, and cuts through centuries of received wisdom to try to see the Vikings as they saw themselves - descendants of the first human couple, the Children of Ash and Elm.