Viking - Tapa dura

For 300 years the Vikings took Europe by storm sacking monasteries and towns in their search for booty and new lands to settle. This collection of superb photographs brings their story vividly to life.More than just wild pirates the Vikings were skilled engineers and craftsmen. See their fine jewellery and woodwork as well as real longships and a reconstruction of a Danish trading ship. Look inside a typical Viking home andd learn how Viking women spun and wove clothes. See memorial stones inscribed with legends and trace Viking history from the earliest raids to the introduction of Christianity to Scandinavia.Featuring many objects from leading museums in Scandinavia Britain and Ireland Viking is a unique and exciting introduction to these daring warriors explorers and traders.

Follow the Vikings as they set out in their magnificent clinker-style ships to conquer Europe, explore their everyday lives, and sail with them on their last voyage to Valhalla, in the unique style of the "Eyewitness Guides" series. This book follows these daring adventurers in their search for gold, silver, and slaves. But the Vikings were also skilled engineers and craftsmen and this book features examples of their beautiful jewellery, iron and woodwork of their longships and fortresses. It also shows readers how to write runes, get a Viking divorce, and understand the meaning of Norse legends and sagas.