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Review: The Sea Road
The Sea Road by Margaret Elphinstone My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Sea Road is an imaginative and beautifully written attempt to recreate the life of an Icelandic woman called Gudrun Thorbjarnadottir. If you have no idea who that is, that's ok. Not many will know who she is. She is a Norse woman, who appears … Continue reading Review: The Sea Road
Review: Viking America. The Norse Crossings and their Legacy
Viking America The Norse Crossings and their Legacy by Robert Enterline My rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s only a short book, but that's because there isn’t very much information about the Norse exploration of North America. There are some mentions in the Icelandic Sagas and, of course, there is a Viking settlements (or … Continue reading Review: Viking America. The Norse Crossings and their Legacy
9 October, it's Leif Ericson Day
Celebrate the Vikings getting to the Americas 500 years before...that other bloke
Review: The Vikings and America – Erik Wahlgren
A closed book, unfortunately
Review: Vikings in America – Graeme Davis
Around a thousand years ago the Vikings crossed the North Atlantic and established their settlements on the American continent