Fury of the Vikings

The Vikings struck without warning.  One moment everything was normal, the townsfolk jostling around the stalls, the children playing in the puddles, the tradesmen yelling out their latest offers...

The next moment, people were turning and screaming, and running - and hundreds of Norsemen were rampaging ashore, teeth bared, swords drawn.    

Through lands of fire and accross seas of ice, prepare to encounter the most terrifying warriors the world has ever known, as historia Dominic Sandbrook plunges us into the bloodsoaked dramaof the Viking Age.

We encounter gods and monsters, sorcerers and storytellers, axemen and shield-maidens, from the raiders rampaging through King Alfred's England to the adventurers who first scaled the mountains of Iceland.  Even in the most glittering cities, no one is safe from the Northmen's fury...