<p><b>Spend 24 hours immersed in the rich and fascinating everyday lives of the Vikings.</b><br><br>Between the infamous Lindisfarne raid in 793 CE and the Norman conquest of 1066, the peoples we know now as <b>the Vikings became one of the most far-ranging and influential civilizations in history</b>. 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.<br><br>In <i>24 Hours in the Viking World</i>, author and <b>Viking expert Kirsten Wolf</b> chronicles <b>an hour in the life of 24 individuals</b> 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
