{"product_id":"24-hours-in-the-viking-world-paperback","title":"24 Hours in the Viking World (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA richly drawn account of a single day in the Viking world, chronicling an hour in the life of 24 individuals from every corner of Viking society. From the bestselling\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e24 Hours\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eseries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween the infamous Lindisfarne raid in 793 CE and the Norman conquest of 1066, the peoples we know now as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ethe Vikings became one of the most far-ranging and influential civilizations in history\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The Vikings are frequently portrayed as raiders, marauding across medieval Europe and Britain, but the culture and society of the medieval Nordic peoples was so much more diverse, multifaceted and influential than it is often depicted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e24 Hours in the Viking World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, author and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eViking expert Kirsten Wolf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e chronicles \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ean hour in the life of 24 individuals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from every corner of Viking society over the course of a single day. From the warrior to the thrall, the shipbuilder to the farmer, the poet to the oracle, each chapter offers a snapshot of the world as it was in medieval Scandinavia, and an insight into how these people lived, loved, worked, fought and died.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe latest entry in the bestselling \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e24 Hours\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e24 Hours in the Viking World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e presents an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eabsorbing, grounded and tangible look\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eat what it was really like to be alive during this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003epivotal era in history\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kirsten Wolf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46718194254002,"sku":"9781789298734","price":260.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781789298734.jpg?v=1776668706","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/24-hours-in-the-viking-world-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}