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? Youll be amazed at how much there is to find out.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Starting Point, Starting Point History, Usborne Starting Point History .

This book has been graded for interest at 6-9 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2016 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

Straun Reid is a graduate in archaeology, and worked for five years on historical sites in the Middle East. He returns to give lectures on the castles of the saracens and the crusaders.