This humorous and handy guide contains all the information aspiring Vikings need to know about life as a Norse warrior. Expert tips include: how to plunder a monastery; how to keep your lunch in stormy seas; what to wear and what not to wear if you want to look like a boss; and how to avoid getting a battleaxe through your chest.

Based on the bestselling Viking by historian John Haywood, So you want to be a Viking? features the field's latest scholarship, complemented by the zany illustrations of Japanese cartoonist Takayo Akiyama. The result is a book that brings to life the experience of being a Viking in 991 ce - from learning to steer a longship to cleaning one's spear after a particularly bloody battle - through a crew of likeable (as well as highly disagreeable) characters.

 

This book is part of a book series called So You Want To Be a .

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Thames & Hudson Ltd .

Takayo Akiyama is the author of several books and the illustrator of Where's Ringo?. Dr John Haywood is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain. A highly experienced cartographic editor and author, his many publications include The Great Migrations, The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations and The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings. Georgia Amson-Bradshaw is a children's author and publisher. Georgia Amson-Bradshaw is a writer and editor based in Brighton, UK. John Haywood is an honorary research Fellow at Lancaster University, England, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain.