The Hammer and the Cross: A New History of the Vikings

Informationen zum Autor Robert Ferguson Klappentext Robert Ferguson is one of the world's leading scholars in Scandinavian studies. After studying in London under Peter Foote, co-author of the classic Viking Achievement , he emigrated to Norway in 1984. At the invitation of the Norwegian Government he has lectured on aspects of Norwegian and Scandinavian history and culture at embassies, universities and other cultural venues in St Petersburg, New Delhi, Mumbai, Oslo, Bergen, Prague, Warsaw, Riga, Edinburgh, Vasa, New York and at the Library of Congress in Washington. His previous books include biographies of Henrik Ibsen and Knut Hamsun. Zusammenfassung Takes us 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.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Ferguson
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.11.2010
• EAN: 9780141017754
• ISBN: 978-0-14-101775-4
• No. of pages: 450
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book; European History, CE period up to c 1500, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries