Comments on: A New History of the Viking Age http://oldnorsenews.org/2009/11/a-new-history-of-the-viking-age/ News, Announcements, Comment and Resources for Medieval Scandinavian Studies Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:49:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John Kennedy http://oldnorsenews.org/2009/11/a-new-history-of-the-viking-age/comment-page-1/#comment-43171 John Kennedy Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:27:00 +0000 http://oldnorsenews.org/?p=562#comment-43171 Thanks, Chris. I suspected it could be a case of British and American editions of the same book. For reasons not clear to me, it seems fairly common for the same book to appear in the two jurisdictions with different titles. (English speaking fans of the Icelandic detective writer Arnaldur Indridason need to note that 'Jar City ' and 'Tainted Blood' are the same work, from Britain and America respectively.) However, I did note that Martin Arnold published two quite distinct wide-ranging studies of the Viking age within a short period of time - 'The Vikings: Culture and Conquest' in 2006 and 'The Vikings: Wolves of War' in 2007. Thanks, Chris. I suspected it could be a case of British and American editions of the same book. For reasons not clear to me, it seems fairly common for the same book to appear in the two jurisdictions with different titles. (English speaking fans of the Icelandic detective writer Arnaldur Indridason need to note that ‘Jar City ‘ and ‘Tainted Blood’ are the same work, from Britain and America respectively.) However, I did note that Martin Arnold published two quite distinct wide-ranging studies of the Viking age within a short period of time – ‘The Vikings: Culture and Conquest’ in 2006 and ‘The Vikings: Wolves of War’ in 2007.

]]> By: Chris Abram http://oldnorsenews.org/2009/11/a-new-history-of-the-viking-age/comment-page-1/#comment-43109 Chris Abram Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:05:48 +0000 http://oldnorsenews.org/?p=562#comment-43109 Hello John, I suspect that the alternative title refers to the American edition of the same book. I checked on Amazon.com and there certainly seems to be no difference between them. It's interesting that Penguin seem to be planning a paperback release quite soon -- but I don't know whether that will be worldwide or just in the USA. Hello John,

I suspect that the alternative title refers to the American edition of the same book. I checked on Amazon.com and there certainly seems to be no difference between them. It’s interesting that Penguin seem to be planning a paperback release quite soon — but I don’t know whether that will be worldwide or just in the USA.

]]> By: John Kennedy http://oldnorsenews.org/2009/11/a-new-history-of-the-viking-age/comment-page-1/#comment-42790 John Kennedy Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:57:53 +0000 http://oldnorsenews.org/?p=562#comment-42790 Can any shed light on the relationship between thjs title and another by Robert Ferguson, advertied on Amazon.co.uk as about to appear in both hardcover and paperback - A History of the Vikings? Thanks. Can any shed light on the relationship between thjs title and another by Robert Ferguson, advertied on Amazon.co.uk as about to appear in both hardcover and paperback – A History of the Vikings? Thanks.

]]> By: Chris Abram http://oldnorsenews.org/2009/11/a-new-history-of-the-viking-age/comment-page-1/#comment-42108 Chris Abram Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:16:12 +0000 http://oldnorsenews.org/?p=562#comment-42108 There's now a review of Ferguson's book up on the Times website: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article6894257.ece There’s now a review of Ferguson’s book up on the Times website: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article6894257.ece

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