Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
Autor de Beyond the Northlands: Viking Voyages and the Old Norse Sagas
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Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1984
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Ocupaciones
- Associate Professor of Medieval History and Literature, Durham University
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- 2
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- 4
- Miembros
- 101
- Popularidad
- #188,710
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 7
I have had little interest in Vikings. I knew of them...I learned what I learned in school...but, unlike a host of other historical peoples and cultures, the Norse and their history has not been something that has caught my attention.
I am a bit of an armchair archaeologist, however, and recently there have been a number of discoveries in northern Europe and recently here on the coast of North America, which have spurred me to learn more.
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough's book is really well done and she managed to do what all good books do, in my opinion...made me want to learn more. I was particularly interested in the chapters regarding the Rus and the Varangian Guard in Constantinople.
I want to thank @Oxford University Press and the author for selecting me as a winner in this giveaway. Beyond the Northlands is a very good book and I am happy to add it to my shelf.… (más)