Publisher's Synopsis
Part of a series which aims to bring alive a historical period by focusing on a key figure and looking at people's daily lives; work, play, politics, art, religion and military organization. To develop historical study skills each book considers the wide variety of source materials and their reliability. The question of how to interpret evidence is also touched on, and the concepts of chronology, cause and effect are also central. The authors are established writers in the field of history for children. This book gives the background to the Vikings' sea-wanderings, including their landings in America and their final defeat in battle in England in 1066.
