xix, 484 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :illustrations (some colour) ;24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Wrath of the Norsemen --Being Vikings --The World the Vikings Made, Part One: From Russia to the British Isles --The World the Vikings Made, Part Two: Normandy, The Atlantic, and North America --Twilight of the Gods: Vikings, Kings, and Christianity --Conquerors: The Norman Transformation --Vikings into Scandinavians: From Games of Thrones to Mighty Fortresses --Viking Heart Empire: King Gustavus Adolphus and the Scandinavian Century --Scandinavians into Americans --"We are coming, Father Abraham": Scandinavians in the American Civil War --"More wonderful than riches": American Fever and the Great Migration --Heroes: Shaping American Greatness --Creators: Shaping American Democracy --The Viking Heart Comes Home --The Viking Heart in War and Peace --The Viking Heart and the Land Beyond.
"From a New York Times best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sweeping epic of how the Vikings and their descendants have shaped history and America."--Provided by publisher.
1.Civilization, Modern--Scandinavian influences.2.Civilization, Viking.3.National characteristics, Scandinavian.4.Northmen.5.Scandinavian Americans--History.6.Vikings.Dynamic Details