Description
This humorous and handy guide contains all the information aspiring Vikings need to know about life as a Norse warrior. Expert tips include: how to plunder a monastery; how to keep your lunch in stormy seas; what to wear and what not to wear if you want to look like a boss; and how to avoid getting a battleaxe through your chest.
Based on the bestselling Viking by historian John Haywood, So you want to be a Viking? features the field's latest scholarship, complemented by the zany illustrations of Japanese cartoonist Takayo Akiyama. The result is a book that brings to life the experience of being a Viking in 991 ce - from learning to steer a longship to cleaning one's spear after a particularly bloody battle - through a crew of likeable (as well as highly disagreeable) characters.
An essential guide for wannabe Vikings and fair warning for those brave, or stupid enough, to swear loyalty to the cause
About the Author
Takayo Akiyama is the author of several books and the illustrator of Where's Ringo?. Dr John Haywood is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain. A highly experienced cartographic editor and author, his many publications include The Great Migrations, The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations and The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings. Georgia Amson-Bradshaw is a children's author and publisher.
Book Information
ISBN 9780500651841
Author Takayo Akiyama
Format Hardback
Page Count 96
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Weight(grams) 260g
Based on the bestselling Viking by historian John Haywood, So you want to be a Viking? features the field's latest scholarship, complemented by the zany illustrations of Japanese cartoonist Takayo Akiyama. The result is a book that brings to life the experience of being a Viking in 991 ce - from learning to steer a longship to cleaning one's spear after a particularly bloody battle - through a crew of likeable (as well as highly disagreeable) characters.
An essential guide for wannabe Vikings and fair warning for those brave, or stupid enough, to swear loyalty to the cause
About the Author
Takayo Akiyama is the author of several books and the illustrator of Where's Ringo?. Dr John Haywood is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain. A highly experienced cartographic editor and author, his many publications include The Great Migrations, The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations and The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings. Georgia Amson-Bradshaw is a children's author and publisher.
Book Information
ISBN 9780500651841
Author Takayo Akiyama
Format Hardback
Page Count 96
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Weight(grams) 260g
