Vikings and Goths: A History of Ancient and Medieval Sweden (Paperback)

from thehawkseye

This book has an impressive amount of information. The notes and sources used were excellent. Honestly, I think this book has the potential to be fantastic with a little more fleshing out and some smoothing out of the writing. All the material is there, but the presentation lacks. Having read a l...

from hadden

An interesting book, divided into 37 chapters, usually about four to seven pages long. This covers the history and geography of Scandinavia from the Mesolithic Age up to the end of the Roman Iron Age, and then through the Viking Age (1000AD). The chapters are well written and concise, but suffers...

from aramisTdawg

Very thorough research. There is so much history related to the Vikings and Goths. This is an awesome choice for anyone interested in the time period.

from MarysGirl

This is a well-researched scholarly book. Casual readers will find it slow going and dull, but for the researcher or avid Nordic historian, it's very useful and heavily foot-noted. A side-note on book design: the publisher did not do the author any favors here. The cover is amateurish, the physic...

from aumbre

Vikings and Goths is an excellent book. Given that my Mother's family emigrated from Sweden in the late 1800's, and I have been asked to do genealogical research, this book is extremely helpful. I don't think family research is truly possible without a thorough understanding of the culture/countr...