Wimpole History Festival: Thomas Williams - The Vikings

Here, he presents his remarkable new history of the Scandinavian settlers whose enduring impact shaped British social, cultural and political development for hundreds of years. The Vikings weren’t only interested in raping, pillaging and rampaging along the British coastline – they also came to colonise and to rule.

Drawing deeply from the relics and landscapes that the Vikings and their contemporaries fashioned and walked, Williams offers a vital evocation of a forgotten world.