Ragnar Lothbrok and a History of the Vikings: Viking Warriors including Rollo, Norsemen, Norse Mythology, Quests in America, England, France, Scotland, Ireland and Russia [3rd Edition] by Noah Brown

2.67 AVERAGE

mysteriousnorse's review against another edition

2.0
More a list of stuff that the author looked up than anything cohesive. I wouldn’t even really call it scholarly as the author doesn’t provide much critical thought. He lists the possibility of a hero being an alien and just kind of trusts the Christian sources? It’s nice having it listed, I guess, but he lists stuff like the blood eagle and berserkers while barely mentioning that they’re likely later invention. My favorite has to be his assertion that art seems to have really taken off after Christianity started influencing the Vikings. It’s not like Christians destroy items from other religions… He doesn’t even list the modern Norse-inspired things in any order. It’s haphazard, and I don’t think this is a great way to learn about Vikings.