The Vikings were a terrifying force that changed history across the globe from Canada all the way to Iraq. But they were merchants as well as marauders, explorers as well as adventurers. The greatest seafarers and shipbuilders of their age, they were also skilled metalworkers and artists, farmers and fishermen, healers and herders. They were even democrats who established the worlds oldest surviving parliament. Award-winning writer David Longs concise but wide-ranging account brings their fascinating civilisation into focus, explaining what Viking life was actually like as well as considering their lingering influence throughout the world.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Incredible True Stories, What It Was Like To Be .

This book has been graded for interest at 9 years.

There are 104 pages in this book. This book was published in 2023 by Barrington Stoke Ltd .

Writer and historian David Long is the author of the acclaimed Animals' VC: For Gallantry and Devotion and more than twenty other books. Jet the Rescue Dog is his first for younger readers. David is currently working on a second non-fiction book for children, The Man Who Sucked Blood From a Shark.