Canute and the Vikings
By: Robin May ; illustrations by Gerry Wood.
Contributors: Wood, Gerald, 1938- ill.
Edition: Library ed.
Series: Life and times
Publisher: Bookwright Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: Canute I, King of England, 995?-1035 -- Juvenile literature.; Canute I, King of England, 995?-1035.; Vikings -- Juvenile literature.; Northmen -- Juvenile literature.; Kings, queens, rulers, etc.; Vikings.; Great Britain -- History -- Canute, 1017-1035 -- Juvenile literature.; Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: A brief biography of the eleventh-century Danish warrior who was the first Norse ruler to be accepted as a civilized Christian king. Also discusses the history of the Vikings, their conquests, their discoveries, their culture, and their day-to-day lives.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 58.
Includes index.