Neil Price: The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings [2022] paperback SHIST From the very first page

From the very first page

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'If I could get policymakers and citizens everywhere to read just one book this year

Neil Price: The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings [2022] paperback SHIST From the very first pageA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'As brilliant a history of the Vikings as one could possibly hope to read' Tom Holland The 'Viking Age' is traditionally held to begin in June 793 when Scandinavian raiders attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and to end in September 1066, when King Harald Hardrada of Norway died leading the charge against the English line at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. This book, the most wide ranging and comprehensive