The hammer and the cross
Subtitle: a new history of the Vikings
By: Robert Ferguson.
Publisher: Allen Lane
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 451
ISBN-13: 9780713997880
Subjects: Vikings -- History; Civilization, Viking
Description: "The Hammer and the Cross ranges from Scandinavia itself to Kievan Rus and Byzantium in the east, to Iceland, Greenland and the north American settlements in the west; the history of Britain is seen as part of a thoroughly European continuum. Beyond its geographical boundaries the book takes the reader on a journey to a misty region inhabited by Hallfred the Troublesome Poet, Harald Bluetooth, Ragnar Hairy-Breeches, Ivar the Boneless and Eyvind the Plagiarist, in which literature, history and myth dissolve into one another."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-419) and index.