HAMMER AND THE CROSS (VIKINGS)

A stunning tour through Viking history from master historian Robert Ferguson. From the initial sacking of the Lindisfarne monastery and across the following 300 years of sporadic conquest across Northern Europe, the book explores the Viking culture and its peoples. Sourcing evidence of picture-stones, runes, ships and weapons unearthed across Europe, Ferguson provides a fascinating account, derailing much of the mythology surrounding Viking history. He explores the lives of the famous Viking characters, including Hallfred the Troublesome Poet, Harald Bluetooth, and Eyvind the Plagiarist among others.