His intent is, he writes, "to highlight some of the major controversies and issues in the Viking age rather than provide a comprehensive introduction to the subject" The varied illustrations provide detail and context. Author John Haywood provides a tight narrative nugget for each of his topics, while the accompanying map shows where the action is taking place. This book covers the age of Viking exploration, piracy, warfare, settlement, and, bloody mercenary service, those fun years from AD 1 to 1500 in this telling. This is a good addition to Penguin Books' many titles in this genre. It's subject matter can range from a time period, to a region or country, or a historical period. It comes in sizes ranging from coffee table tome to pocket size and travel-friendly. It unites history and geography, and provides great visual representations of architecture, museum items, landscapes, artwork, and people. The historical atlas is a wonderful hybrid of a book.
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