A history of the Viking invasions of Britain from Lindesfarne 793 to the Battle of Hastings 1066, with an immersive first person narrative alongside the historical contexts. When the Northmen Came is the untold story of how a divided island became the battlefield of gods, kings, and raiders from across the sea.
From the fall of Rome to the rise of Alfred the Great, this book plunges you into the heart of Britain’s most turbulent centuries.
Meet Ragnar Lothebrooke, Rollo, Ivar the Boneless, the Viking strategist who turned terror into empire; and Alfred, the king who fought from the swamps to save a nation.
Drawing on archaeology, chronicles, and legend, When the Northmen Came brings history to life with the sweep of an epic and the grit of lived experience. read of Aflred and his warrior Queen daughter who faced off with the Vkinings
More than a story of battles, it is the story of how Vikings and Britons forged a new world together — one that still shapes the language we speak, the towns we live in, and the myths we tell.
If you love The Last Kingdom, Vikings., then this is a book for you ...
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