So you want to be a Viking?

Hardback

Main Details

Title So you want to be a Viking?
Authors and Contributors      Illustrated by Takayo Akiyama
Text by John Haywood
By (author) Georgia Amson-Bradshaw
SeriesSo you want to be
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:96
Dimensions(mm): Height 190,Width 150
ISBN/Barcode 9780500651841
ClassificationsDewey:948.022
Audience
Children / Juvenile
Illustrations Printed in pantones

Publishing Details

Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication Date 1 August 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This humorous and handy guide contains all the information aspiring Vikings need to know about life as a Norse warrior. Expert tips include: how to plunder a monastery; how to keep your lunch in stormy seas; what to wear and what not to wear if you want to look like a boss; and how to avoid getting a battleaxe through your chest. Based on the bestselling Viking by historian John Haywood, So you want to be a Viking? features the field's latest scholarship, complemented by the zany illustrations of Japanese cartoonist Takayo Akiyama. The result is a book that brings to life the experience of being a Viking in 991 ce - from learning to steer a longship to cleaning one's spear after a particularly bloody battle - through a crew of likeable (as well as highly disagreeable) characters.

Author Biography

Takayo Akiyama is the author of several books and the illustrator of Where's Ringo?. Dr John Haywood is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain. A highly experienced cartographic editor and author, his many publications include The Great Migrations, The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations and The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings. Georgia Amson-Bradshaw is a children's author and publisher.

Reviews

A handy guide for young readers thinking that life on a longship in pursuit of plunder might be for them. Salutary reading for armchair berserkers and shield maidens.-- "Kirkus Reviews"