A review by rogerjpatterson
The Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World by Arthur Herman

1.0

Only read the first 60 pages of this book that was given to me as a gift. The Preface was full of promise of exploring the factors that affected Nordic culture and the impact of that culture on the world. But the Preface was pretty much it. The next two chapters were just extended apologies (and not very good ones) of the violence of the Norse in different settings, and I didn't see much promise for the rest of it. Perhaps I will pick it up again when I don't have other compelling books demanding my attention (like that will ever happen).