Jay Elwes

Shock and awe — what should we make of our Viking ancestors?

They were the most extraordinary seamen and adventurers of all time, but their cruelty equally defies belief, according to Neil Price

Odin was a killer, a liar and a betrayer who would ‘sleep with your wife or, just possibly, your husband’. Alamy
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  • The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

    Neil Price

    Allen Lane, pp. 624, £30

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