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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Parker, Eleanor Catherine, 1986-     Subjects     Vikings -- England -- History.     Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Parker, Eleanor Catherine, 1986-       by title:      Dragon lords : the h...       by call number:      942.018 P238d     Search the Web     Parker, Eleanor Catherine, 1986-     Vikings -- England -- History.     Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.       MARC Display

Dragon lords : the history and legends of Viking England / Eleanor Parker. by Parker, Eleanor Catherine, 1986- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2018. Call #: 942.018 P238d Subjects Vikings -- England -- History.   Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066. ISBN:  9781784537869 (hc.) Alternate title:  History and legends of Viking England Description:  xii, 267 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-255) and index. Contents:  Introduction -- 'From the north comes all that is evil': Vikings, kings and saints, c.985-1100 -- The sons of Ragnar Lothbrok -- The story of Siward -- Danish sovereignty and the right to rule -- 'Over the salt sea to England': Havelok and the Danes -- Epilogue: The Danes in English folklore. Summary:  "Why did the Vikings sail to England? Were they indiscriminate raiders, motivated solely by bloodlust and plunder? One narrative, the stereotypical one, might have it so. But locked away in the buried history of the British Isles are other, far richer and more nuanced, stories; and these hidden tales paint a picture very different from the ferocious pillagers of popular repute"--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 942.018 P238d Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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