vikings

With eighteen-year-old Anne Ross at his side, Cat takes over as the captain of the monks' fleet while they search out a legendary villain, the Merchant, but when they--the pirate hunters, monks, and Commodore Blake--discover they have been betrayed by King George and a once-trusted advisor, Cat must make a grave choice.

Surveys Viking culture through Scandinavian art, showing how it changes and develops throughout the centuries and from Scandinavia's transition from paganism to Christianity.

When her father leaves in the middle of the night, Solveig sets off in a boat to follow him to Constantinople.

With their sudden, brutual attack on an English monastery in 793 A.D. the Vikings quickly spread deep into Europe; Terrorized by the Huns, these once peaceful farmers sought refuge in the Roman Empire, only to find themselves forced into starvation. Under the leadership of a noble named Aleric, they banded together and systematically battled their way to Rome, eventually capturing the capital. But in the end, it was the Goths who kept the art and culture of the Romans alive.

Explores the history of the Vikings, famous for their cruelty and skills as warriors, discussing how they went from a Scandinavian people on the brink of destruction to controlling an empire that reached a quarter of the way around the globe and lasted nearly two hundred years.

Explores the religion of the Norsemen, focusing on how particular gods and goddesses were part of, and honored in, the everyday lives of the Viking people.

In graphic-novel format, three historic battles, from the arrival of the Vikings in early Britain to the Norman invasion, are told.