Who Were the Vikings?

This lively book is packed with fascinating and surprising facts about Viking raiders and explorers, and the farmers and their families who stayed at home. Did all Vikings have horned helmets and red beards? Why were some of them buried in boats, and why were people so afraid of the Vikings? You'll be amazed at how much there is to find out.

About the author

Jane Chisholm (Author) As Editorial Director, Jane oversees books about absolutely everything. She grew up in Moscow, Singapore, and in a forest in Sussex, building treehouses and pretending to be one of the Famous Five. Before university she was a social worker in Botswana and camped under the stars in the Kalahari Desert.Struan Reid (Author) Struan was born in East Africa and spent many years in Africa and the Middle East. He read Archaeology and Anthropology at UCL, and before joining Usborne worked and lived for a number of years in Petra, Jordan. He now lives in London and Dorset.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Chisholm, Jane Reid Chisholm, Chisholm Jane, Struan Reid, Reid Struan
• Assisted by: David Cuzik (Illustration), Cuzik David (Illustration)
• Publisher: Usborne Publishing
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 9
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2016
• EAN: 9781474910514
• ISBN: 978-1-4749-1051-4
• No. of pages: 32
• Series: Starting Point History
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Europe, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Medieval, People & places (Children's / Teenage), Northern Europe, Scandinavia, c 500 to c 1000 CE, For National Curriculum Key Stage 1 (England and Wales), For National Curriculum Key Stage 1, For primary education, Interest age: from c 6 years, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Educational: History, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Places / Europe