The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the VikingsA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'As brilliant a history of the Vikings as one could possibly hope to read' Tom Holland The 'Viking Age' is traditionally held to begin in June 793 when Scandinavian raiders attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and to end in September 1066, when King Harald Hardrada of Norway died leading the charge against the English line at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. This book, the most wide ranging and comprehensive

village types and destinations

Also featuring jokes from readers of The Phoenix comic

they can also communicate with other species of plants and animals

Inside The Big Book of Plane Activities:

also available in Penguin Modern Classics

I couldn't put it down

and Deep Riffs

The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows

The One Ring™ Starter Set contains all you need to take your first step into Middle-earth and experience the adventures Hobbits get up to

But how will they manage when even the meanest monster won't make a decent meal

and folktales

This new edition includes exclusive extra content from David Wenzel revisiting the process of creating the original edition of the graphic novel and the story of its evolution to this revised and expanded version