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Children of Ash and ELM: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price 9780465096985
Booksplease Price: £24.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780465096985Author Neil PriceFormat HardbackPage Count 624Imprint Basic Civitas BooksPublisher INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES USWeight(grams) 880gDimensions(mm)... -
Beyond the Northlands: Viking Voyages and the Old Norse Sagas by Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.96In the dying days of the eighth century, the Vikings erupted onto the international stage with brutal raids and slaughter. The medieval Norsemen may be best remembered as monk murderers and village pillagers, but this is far from the whole story... -
The Last Viking: The True Story of King Harald Hardrada by Don Hollway
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.72'The Last Viking reads like the sagas on which it is based. It's Beowulf on steroids, laced with purple prose...This book is great fun. '- Gerard DeGroot, The Times Harald Sigurdsson burst into history as a teenaged youth in a Viking battle from which... -
The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.96A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'As brilliant a history of the Vikings as one could possibly hope to read' Tom HollandThe 'Viking Age' is traditionally held to begin in June 793 when Scandinavian raiders attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and... -
Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney by Hermann Palsson
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.03Written around AD 1200 by an unnamed Icelandic author, the Orkneyinga Saga is an intriguing fusion of myth, legend and history. The only medieval chronicle to have Orkney as the central place of action, it tells of an era when the islands were still part... -
The Nix by Nathan Hill 9781509807857
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.76'The best new writer of fiction in America. The best.' - John Irving'Outstanding' - John Boyne, The Irish Times'The best thing a reviewer can do when faced with a novel of this calibre and breadth is to urge you to read it for yourselves.' - The... -
Battle for the Island Kingdom: England's Destiny 1000–1066 by Don Hollway 9781472858931
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £15.04A rich history of the years leading up to 1066 when Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans vied for the English crown. A tale of loyalty, treason and military might. In a saga reminiscent of Game of Thrones and The Last Kingdom, Battle for the Island... -
DK Eyewitness Denmark by DK Eyewitness
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.27Enchanting villages, forward-thinking design and epic heritage - welcome to Denmark. Whether you want to adventure like a Viking, sample cutting-edge cuisine or practise the art of hygge, your DK Eyewitness travelguide makes sure you experience all that... -
The 12th Man: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance by Astrid Karlsen Scott
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £12.53A stunning story of heroism and survival during World War II. The book that inspired the international film of the same name. "A must-read .... Intrigue, suspense, and adventure."-The Norwegian American"I remember reading We Die Alone in 1970 and I could... -
The Origins of the British: The New Prehistory of Britain by Stephen Oppenheimer
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.27'British prehistory will never look the same again.' Professor Colin Renfrew, University of CambridgeStephen Oppenheimer's extraordinary scientific detective story combining genetics, linguistics, archaeology and historical record shatters the myths we... -
Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North by Ibn Fadlan
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.08In 922 AD, an Arab envoy from Baghdad named Ibn Fadlan encountered a party of Viking traders on the upper reaches of the Volga River. In his subsequent report on his mission he gave a meticulous and astonishingly objective description of Viking customs,... -
Exploring the World of the Vikings by Richard Hall
RRP: £16.95Booksplease Price: £11.91This authoritative survey of Viking history and culture, now available in paperback, tells the complete story of the Vikings from their origins in Scandinavia during the first millennium ad, through the incredible period of raiding, trading and settling... -
The Northmen's Fury: A History of the Viking World by Philip Parker
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.58The Northmen's Fury tells the Viking story, from the first pinprick raids of the eighth century to the great armies that left their Scandinavian homelands to conquer larger parts of France, Britain and Ireland. It recounts the epic voyages that took them... -
Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings by Tom Shippey
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.56In this robust new account of the Vikings, Tom Shippey explores their mindset, and in particular their fascination with scenes of heroic death. The book recounts many of the great bravura scenes of Old Norse literature, including the Fall of the House of... -
Revolt in the Netherlands: The Eighty Years War, 1568-1648 by Anton van der Lem
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £22.23In 1568, the Seventeen Provinces in the Netherlands rebelled against the absolutist rule of the king of Spain. A confederation of duchies, counties, and lordships, the Provinces demanded the right of self-determination, the freedom of conscience and... -
Vikings Neil Oliver 9781780222820
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.05The Vikings famously took no prisoners, relished cruel retribution, and prided themselves on their blood-thirsty skills as warriors. But their prowess in battle is only a small part of their story, which stretches from their Scandinavian origins to... -
Cnut the Great by Timothy Bolton
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £11.55A seminal biography of Cnut, the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxon monarch who united the English and Danish crowns to forge a North Sea empire "A gripping and revelatory biography of Britain's Danish conqueror."-... -
Histories of the Unexpected: The Vikings by Dr Sam Willis
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.35Histories of the Unexpected not only presents a new way of thinking about the past, but also reveals the world around us as never before.Traditionally, the Vikings have been understood in a straightforward way - but the period really comes alive if you... -
The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings by John Haywood
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £14.34Viking marauders in their longships burst through the defences of ninth-century Europe, striking terror into the hearts of peasants and rulers alike for two centuries. But the Vikings were more than just marine warriors and this atlas shows their... -
Blood, fire, death: The Swedish Metal Story by Ika Johannesson 9781627310673
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £18.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627310673Author Ika JohannessonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S. -
How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island by Egill Bjarnason
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.76'A joyously peculiar book' - The New York Times'A fascinating insight into Icelandic culture and a fresh perspective on her global influence. Warning: may well make readers wish they were Icelandic, too.' - Helen Russell, author of The Year of Living... -
The Vikings by Rene Chartrand
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.38The 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... -
Norway - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Linda March 9781857338836
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £9.13Providing information not found in standard guides about daily interactions, cultural dos and don'ts, etiquette, and the ways business is conducted Culture Smart! Norway steers you through the social and professional encounters of your visit to this new... -
The Edge of the World: How the North Sea Made Us Who We Are by Michael Pye
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.58Featured in New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2015 Michael Pye's The Edge of the World is an epic adventure: from the Vikings to the Enlightenment, from barbaric outpost to global centre, it tells the amazing story of northern Europe's transformation... -
How Iceland Changed The World: The Big History of a Small Island by Egill Bjarnason 9780143135883
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143135883Author Egill BjarnasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The Story of Scandinavia: From the Vikings to Social Democracy by Stein Ringen 9781474625197
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £16.80In The Story of Scandinavia, political scholar Stein Ringen chronicles more than 1,200 years of drama, economic rise and fall, crises, kings and queens, war, peace, language and culture. Scandinavian history has been one of dramatic discontinuities of... -
Saga Land: The Island Stories at the Edge of the World by Richard Fidler
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.38'I adored this book - a wondrous compendium of Iceland's best sagas' - Hannah Kent A new friendship. An unforgettable journey. A beautiful and bloody history.This is Iceland as you've never read it before ...Broadcaster Richard Fidler and author Kari... -
The Book of Viking Myths: From the Voyages of Leif Erikson to the Deeds of Odin, the Storied History and Folklore of the Vikings by Peter Archer
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.86This fascinating new book reveals the origins of the Vikings-from Thor and Leif Erikson to Loki and the Valkyries-and the tales that have influenced our own lives.For thousands of years, Vikings have held a storied place in our culture-their distinct... -
Narvik and the Norwegian Campaign 1940: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Jowett, Philip
Booksplease Price: £23.71The Norwegian campaign, fought in 1940, early in the Second World War in Europe, is overshadowed by the campaign in Poland that preceded it and the German blitzkrieg in the Low Countries and France that followed, yet it was a close contest from the... -
The Norns in Old Norse Mythology Karen Bek-Pedersen 9781780460352
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £35.79The nornir or norns were a group of female supernatural beings closely related to ideas about fate in Old Norse tradition. Karen Bek-Pedersen provides a thorough understanding of the role played by norns and other beings like them in the relevant sources... -
Top Dog by Jens Lapidus
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £6.32For decades, a secret network in Stockholm has been exploiting young girls, ruthlessly eliminating anyone who threatens to reveal their secret. As oddly paired duo Teddy and Emelie - the thug and the lawyer - investigate, the terrifying noose tightens... -
A History of the Vikings by Gwyn Jones
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.03An utterly splendid book, quite the most brilliantly written, balanced, and explanative general work on the Vikings ever to appear in English or in any language.' Scandinavian Studies The subject of this book is the Viking realms, Denmark, Sweden, and... -
The Border - A Journey Around Russia: SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 Erika Fatland 9780857057785
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.27"Erika Fatland [is] shaping up to be one of the Nordics' most exciting new travel writers" National Geographic**SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORDS DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020**"A hauntingly lyrical meditation to the contingencies of history" Wall... -
The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow: The Forced Displacement of the Northern Sámi by Elin Anna Labba 9781517913304
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £15.47The deep and personal story-told through history, poetry, and images-of the forced displacement of the Sami people from their homeland in northern Norway and Sweden and its reverberations today More than a hundred years have passed since the Sami were... -
Extreme North: A Cultural History by Bernd Brunner
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £18.55People have perennially projected their fantasies onto the North as a frozen no-man's-land full of marauding Vikings or as the unspoiled landscape of a purer, more elemental form of life. Bernd Brunner recovers the encounters of adventurers with its... -
The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command by Andrew Gordon
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.47Winner of the Longman's History Today Book of the Year Award and the inaugural Westminster Medal for Military Literature More than a century had gone by since the Battle of Trafalgar. Generation after generation of British naval captains had been... -
The Secret History of Oxford by Paul Sullivan 9780752499567
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.09The Secret History of Oxford offers the reader an off-the-beaten-track tour of the city's landmarks and streets. Filled with hundreds of facts and anecdotes, it reveals the amusing, unlikely and downright wonderful stories hidden beneath the surface... -
The Viking Diaspora Judith Jesch 9781138020795
RRP: £43.99Booksplease Price: £42.59The Viking Diaspora presents the early medieval migrations of people, language and culture from mainland Scandinavia to new homes in the British Isles, the North Atlantic, the Baltic and the East as a form of 'diaspora'. It discusses the ways in which... -
The Finnish-Soviet Winter War 1939-40: Stalin's Hollow Victory by David Murphy
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £14.04This informative study explores the Soviet invasion of Finland, detailing the events of the Winter War of November 1939 to March 1940. The invasion was expected to be swift and decisive, however, the fighting qualities of the Finnish Army blunted the... -
The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women by Nancy Marie Brown
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £15.34In 2017, DNA tests revealed to the collective shock of many scholars that a Viking warrior in a high-status grave in Birka, Sweden, was actually a woman. The Real Valkyrie weaves together archaeology, history and literature to reinvent her life and...