The Vikings - Lords of the Seas

 

"Deliver us, O Lord, from the fury of the Norsemen.  They ravage our lands, they kill our women and children."

In the 8th century, Europe rang with this prayer.  Here is the Vikings: Norse,  Danes and Swedes.  They ploughed the seas in their long boats.  They voyaged as far as Greenland and discovered America.  They colonized Iceland, pillaged Ireland and pout France to fire and sword.  They sailed to the gates of Constantinople and seized the throne of the Tsars.  Finally, under William the Conqueror, their descendants subjugated England.  They sailed out of history and into the realm of legend.

Author: Yves Cohat
Published by: Thames & Hudson
Paperback: 2016