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Cat Jarman River Kings (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)
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- River Kings : a New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
- Publication Name
- River Kings
- Title
- River Kings
- Subtitle
- A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 1643138693
- EAN
- 9781643138695
- ISBN
- 9781643138695
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Genre
- History
- Release Year
- 2022
- Release Date
- 09/09/2022
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 18.1 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Topic
- Europe / Scandinavia, Asia / India & South Asia, Europe / Medieval
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Follow an epic story of the Viking Age that traces the historical trail of an ancient piece of jewelry found in a Viking grave in England to its origins thousands of miles east in India. An acclaimed bioarchaeologist, Catrine Jarman has used cutting-edge forensic techniques to spark her investigation into the history of the Vikings who came to rest in British soil. By examining teeth that are now over one thousand years old, she can determine childhood diet-and thereby where a person was likely born. With radiocarbon dating, she can ascertain a death-date down to the range of a few years. And her research offers enlightening new visions of the roles of women and children in Viking culture. Three years ago, a Carnelian bead came into her temporary possession. River Kings sees her trace the path of this ancient piece of jewelry back to eighth-century Baghdad and India, discovering along the way that the Vikings' route was far more varied than we might think-that with them came people from the Middle East, not just Scandinavia, and that the reason for this unexpected integration between the Eastern and Western worlds may well have been a slave trade running through the Silk Road, all the way to Britain. Told as a riveting history of the Vikings and the methods we use to understand them, this is a major reassessment of the fierce, often-mythologized voyagers of the North-and of the global medieval world as we know it.
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
ISBN-10
1643138693
ISBN-13
9781643138695
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8050106906
Product Key Features
Book Title
River Kings : a New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Scandinavia, Asia / India & South Asia, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year
2022
Genre
History
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Dl65.J37 2022
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Starting with an enigmatic carnelian bead, Cat Jarman reveals how her own research has contributed to a completely new understanding of the Vikings. A brilliantly, beautifully told story., A bead was discovered in a Viking warrior's grave, and that discovery led Cat Jarman on an amazing journey which is described in this extraordinary story. That bead, in Cat Jarman's hands, taught me more about the Vikings than a score of history books. River Kings is an astonishing and compelling triumph!, Will cast a spell on any reader who enjoys their history well-written and clearly argued. Replete with witches, human sacrifice, Greek fire and funeral orgies. One of the most thrilling works of archaeological detective work I have ever read., An extraordinarily imaginative conjuring of the Viking world. This is not archaeology as dry stones and bones, but as the lived lives of the people of the past brought to life with verve, style and sympathetic imagination. Beautifully written. You'll never see the Viking Age in the same way again., A masterly history. River Kings is a mystery and an adventure, the tale of a quest that took Cat Jarman from Repton to Scandinavia, across the Baltic Sea, over to Baghdad and finally to India. I was held captive. In addition to being a wonderful writer, Jarman is a skilled bioarchaeologist. River Kings is like a classical symphony, perfectly composed and exquisitely performed. Tiny trills of detail give way to pounding drums of drama., Bioarcheologist Jarman debuts with an eye-opening look at how ancient silk roads linked Vikings to the Far East. Colorful storytelling and lucid explanations of archaeological science make this a vivid testament to the far reach of Scandinavian people and culture., An extraordinary new book about the expansion of Viking culture, not only to the West--into England, Ireland, and North America--but, more importantly, to the East, into Russia and the Middle East, which began in the seventh century CE. Jarman's insight into the historical Rus/Ukrainian conflict and competition over the millennia brings a contemporary understanding to a long-standing set of geopolitical dynamics, particularly in this age of heightened tensions in the region. Her account of a thousand years of northern history also provides a welcome antidote to the oversimplification of the circumstances surrounding the Black Sea., While opening up the eastern Viking Age to a general audience, Jarman also inducts the reader into the range and wealth of evidence with which Viking scholars grapple. A rich tale of discovery., Extraordinary. Using a range of tools that have been developed in the field of forensic archaeology, Jarman presents her evidence in a measured and balanced fashion. She invites the reader in. Throughout her narrative, she suggests outcomes, but does not demand obedience of thought, as befits a true explorer. A welcome antidote to the oversimplification of the circumstances surrounding the Black Sea.
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Lccn
2023-279026
Dewey Decimal
948.022
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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