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The Viking Isles: Travels in Orkney and Shetland

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The Viking Isles: Travels in Orkney and Shetland - Murton, Paul
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Paul Murton has long had a love of the Viking north - the island groups of Orkney and Shetland and the old counties of Caithness and Sutherland - which, for centuries, were part of the Nordic world as depicted in the great classic the Orkneyinga Saga. Today this fascinating Scandanavian legacy can be found everywhere - in physical remains, place-names, local traditions and folklore, and much else besides. This is a personal account of Paul's travels in the Viking north. Full of observation, history, anecdote and encounters ...

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The Viking Isles: Travels in Orkney and Shetland 2019, Birlinn Ltd, Edinburgh

ISBN-13: 9781780275802

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