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John Marsden.
The Fury of the Northmen: Saints, Shrines and Sea-raiders in the Viking Age.

Published London: Kyle Cathie, 1996 (hardback was 1994).
ISBN 1856262367;
ISBN-13: 9781856262361.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: WBC Book Manufacturers, Bridgend.
Size: 155x233x16mm.
Page count: text; plates 8pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: the covers on this copy are a bit yellowed with age, some wear at the edges and corners; the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.


This item £3.00
plus P&P £2.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 412g.

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Contents: An introduction; Northanhymbre, 793-800; Islands of the western sea, 795-825; Erin & Alba, 832-871 & after; Northanhymbre, 865-877 & after; Epilogue — Ethandune, 878.

Notes: infrequent, at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: 8 pages of colour plates
Maps & plans: 4
Genealogies: no
Chronology: yes
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 5pp
Index: yes


See also | Vikings |

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