vikings

Uhtred, a dispossessed young nobleman, born a Saxon but raised by the Vikings, forms an uneasy alliance with King Alfred the Great to fight for Wessex when the kingdom is attacked by the Danish Vikings in the ninth century.

Uhtred, having helped the Saxon king Alfred defeat the Danes, heads for Dunholm intending to free his stepsister who is being held prisoner in the Danish stronghold, and along the way falls in with Guthred, the self-proclaimed King of Northumbria, who has much to learn from Uhtred about battle, politics, and the ways of a monarch.

Presents a fictionalized account of Uhtred, the son of an English nobleman, kidnapped by a Danish chieftain, Earl Ragnar, in A.D. 866, during the Vikings wars against England.

This book uses four mathematical operations to describe the Vikings' ships and the Vikings' way of life.

Discusses what everyday life was like in Viking times by using photographs of actual objects and illustrations with text.

A biography of Leif, son of Norseman Eric the Red, who led a group of Vikings from Greenland on a voyage which ended on the shores of North America.

Describes many aspects of Viking life including their farms, religion, ships and navigation, wars and conquest, trade, towns, home life, arts and poetry, crafts, and kings and empires.

A Viking boatbuilder tells his daughter the story of Leif Ericson's voyage to and discovery of North America.

Text and many illustrations show readers what daily life was like for the Vikings, covering such aspects as food, clothes, family life, houses, ships, storytelling, religion, and war. Also includes a glossary and a further-reading list.