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Author:

Herman, Arthur, 1956- author.

Title:

The Viking heart : how Scandinavians conquered the world / Arthur Herman.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xix, 484 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Civilization, Viking.
Vikings.
Northmen.
Civilization, Modern--Scandinavian influences.
Scandinavian Americans--History.
National characteristics, Scandinavian.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

0358536847
9780358536840
0358536731
9780358536734
1328595900
9781328595904

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1159043093

LCCN:

2020057689

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