What It Was Like to be a Viking

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

Format: Paperback
Pages: 104
Imprint: Barrington Stoke
Publication date: 06/04/2023
Illustrator: Tambellini, Stefano
Series: What It Was Like to be …