Reinvention, escape, adventure, romance, survival... Not all the women were 'port out starboard home'. Gripping and entertaining social history from the author of 'Queen Bees'.
Following the catastrophe in which Henry's heir was drowned, England sank into a terrible civil war in which English, Normans, Scots and Welsh competed in the ancient game of thrones.
A magnificent account of how the Vikings saw themselves, including also the Viking diaspora, from Finland to Uzbekistan, and also the role of slavery in Viking life and trade that was glosse... read more