River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandanavia to the Silk Road

A brilliant new history that dramatically reassesses how far the Viking world extended.
Dr Cat Jarman exposes the unexpected routes that Viking travel and trade took - and how these kings of the river were frequent travellers of the Middle East and the Silk Road.
One June day late in the eighth century, Norse seafarers arrived at the English island of Lindisfarne.