{"product_id":"24-hours-in-the-viking-world-a-day-in-the-life-of-the-people-who-lived-there-9781789298734","title":"24 Hours in the Viking World : A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There","description":"\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 Hours\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eseries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween the infamous Lindisfarne raid in 793 CE and the Norman conquest of 1066, the peoples we know now as the Vikings became one of the most far-ranging and influential civilizations in history. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 Hours in the Viking World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e, author and Viking expert Kirsten Wolf chronicles an hour in the life of 24 individuals 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe latest entry in the bestselling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 Hours\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eseries,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 Hours in the Viking World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epresents an absorbing, grounded and tangible look at what it was really like to be alive during this pivotal era in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso available:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 Hours in Ancient Rome\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(9781789291278)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 Hours in Ancient Egypt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(9781789293517)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 Hours in Ancient Athens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(9781789293500)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 Hours in Ancient China\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(9781789296488)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Kirsten Wolf\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished by Michael O'Mara Books Ltd.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGardners stock at 30 Jul 2026: 32 copies in stock\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kirsten Wolf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57127678280058,"sku":"9781789298734","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781789298734.jpg?v=1785446029","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/24-hours-in-the-viking-world-a-day-in-the-life-of-the-people-who-lived-there-9781789298734","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}