Review: Informative and well written
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 24, 2013
I enjoyed this book.  I've not done a lot of study of the Vikings and this gives a good history of who they were and how they lived.  While it doesn't go into great detail it gives enough detail while not becoming bogged down and boring.  The book talks about their life in their homelands but also trading into Europe and Russia as well as their explorations and settlements in Iceland, Greenland and even North America.  They were traders as much as raiders (though they had the raiding thing down pretty pat).  Anyway, it's a worthwhile read.