The Viking Age: A Reader
News of an exciting and potentially extremely useful new book from University of Toronto Press:
Edited by Angus A. Somerville and R. Andrew McDonald
April 2010 / 450pp / 6×9 paperback / ISBN 9781442601482 / $39.95
Drawing on a wide range of original sources, and tracing the astonishing development of the Viking Age from the first foreign raids to the rise and fall of Viking empires, this comprehensive reader is essential to an understanding of Viking history.
There’s a much more detailed account of the contents available at the UTP website. To me, this looks like filling a really important gap in the market, and I’m sure Professors Somerville and McDonald’s book will find its way onto plenty of university reading lists.
It’s out now in North America and will officially be launched in the UK in June, although it seems that it’s already possible to order a copy.
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Fabulous! I had just decided to give up on using Page’s Chronicles of the Vikings and compile my own collection of readings! I’ll have to take a look at this.
Brilliant – I shall order from Amazon many thanks to AMY – WEST – good on you Girl, I appreciated the heads-up you sent in to the group
According to Toronto Press this should become available in the UK around the end of July.