Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings by Tom Shippey

Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings

Tom Shippey

368 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced
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Laughing Shall I Die explores the Viking fascination with scenes of heroic death. The literature of the Vikings is dominated by famous last stands, famous last words, death songs, and defiant gestures, all presented with grim humor. Much of this m...

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