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Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings

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Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings - Shippey, Tom
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In this robust new account of the Vikings, Tom Shippey explores their mindset, and in particular their fascination with scenes of heroic death. The book recounts many of the great bravura scenes of Old Norse literature, including the Fall of the House of the Skjoldungs, the clash between the two great longships Ironbeard and Long Serpent and the death of Thormod the skald. The most exciting book on Vikings for a generation, Laughing Shall I Die presents them for what they were: not peaceful explorers and traders, but ...

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Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings 2020, Reaktion Books, London

ISBN-13: 9781789142174

Paperback

Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings 2018, Reaktion Books

ISBN-13: 9781780239095

Hardcover