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Else Roesdahl; trans. Susan M. Margeson and Kirsten Williams.
The Vikings.
Published Harmondsworth: Penguin, 3rd impression (previously issued 1992; Danish edn. was 1987).
Series: Penguin History.
ISBN 0140125612;
ISBN-13: 9780140125610.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Clays Ltd., St. Ives plc.
Size: 128x197x18mm.
Page count: text xxiii,323pp; plates 16pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy has some scuffs and scratches on the covers, some wear at the edges and corners, spine creased; text pages rather yellowed with age; previous owner’s name on the half-title page, but the main text appears to be free of marking.

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

[Publisher’s price for 2nd edn. £10.99]
Weight without packaging: 267g.

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Contents: Intro. — allure of the Vikings; Viking age & its sources;
Scandinavia: Geography, nature & culture; People; Language, writing & personal names; Society; Kings & kingdoms; Travel, transport & ships; Livelihood & settlement; Exchange, silver & merchandise; Trade & towns; Fortifications, weapons & warfare; Old & new religion; Art & poetry;
The expansion: Background & beginnings; Mainland of western Europe; Scotland & Isle of Man; Ireland; England; Iceland, Faroes, Greenland & America; Baltic, Russia, Byzantium & the Caliphate;
Conclusion — world of the Vikings.

Notes: sources of quotations, otherwise no
Tables: 1
Illustrations: 28 text figures, plus 16 pages of plates, all monochrome
Maps & plans: 19
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 14pp
Indexes: General; Personal names; Places.

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