Laughing Shall I Die - Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings

A robust new account of the Vikings, which explores their fascination with heroic death.

About the author

Tom Shippey is Professor Emeritus of Saint Louis University, Missouri. His books include J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century (2001), The Road to Middle Earth (4th revd edn, 2004), and Hard Reading: Learning from Science Fiction (2016).

Product details

• Authors: Tom Shippey, Shippey Tom
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2020
• EAN: 9781789142174
• ISBN: 978-1-78914-217-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Regional & national history, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, European history: the Vikings, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries