From Finland to Newfoundland and Jelling to Jerusalem, follow in the wake of the Vikings -- a transformative story of a people that begins with paganism and ends in Christendom. Focusing on key events, including the sack of Lindisfarne in 793 and the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, medieval history expert John Haywood recounts the saga of the Viking Age, from the creation of the world through to the dwindling years of halfhearted raids and elegiac storytelling in the thirteenth century.

"First published in Great Britain by Head of Zeus Ltd"--Title-page verso.

Thule, Nydam and Gamla Uppsala : the origin of the Vikings -- Lindisfarne, Athelney, and York : the Vikings in England, 789-954 -- Dorestad, Paris, and Rouen : the Vikings in Francia, 799-939 -- Iona, Dunkeld, and Orkney : Vikings in Scotland, 795-1064 -- Dublin and Cashel : the Vikings in Ireland, 795-1014 -- Seville and Luni : Vikings in Spain and the Mediterranean, 844-61 -- Kiev, Constantinople, and Bolghar : Vikings in Eastern Europe to 1041 -- Thingvellir, Brattahlid, and L'Anse aux Meadows : the Norse in the North Atlantic, 835-1000 -- Maldon, London, and Stamford Bridge : England's second Viking Age, 978-1085 -- Hedeby, Jelling, and Stiklestad : the Scandinavian kingdoms to 1100 -- Palermo, Jerusalem, and Tallinn : from Viking to Crusader -- Largs, Reykholt, and Hvalsey : the Viking twilight -- Chronology -- Viking kings and rulers, c. 800-1100.