Setting out to reveal the Viking onslaught from the viewpoint of those who felt its might, this book offers an evocation of the last years of the 8th century, as the holy places which had been the great civilizing force of early-medieval Europe became doomed. The raid on Lindisfarne, followed by those on the Tyne, on Iona and on the Irish coastline, showed the holy men the strength and greed of the Northern raiders, as detailed in contemporary documents. The author also wrote "Northanhymbre Saga", a history of the kings of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria.
- ISBN10 1856262367
- ISBN13 9781856262361
- Publish Date 23 May 1996 (first published 30 June 1993)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 June 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
- Imprint Kyle Cathie
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 208
- Language English