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Ivory Vikings by Nancy Marie Brown
$42.99 AUD
Category: History
In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with th ...Show more
Looking for the Hidden Folk - How Iceland's Elves Can Save the Earth by Nancy Marie Brown
$45.00 AUD
Category: Cultural Studies
In exploring how Icelanders interact with nature--and their idea that elves live among us--Nancy Marie Brown shows us how altering our perceptions of the environment can be a crucial first step toward saving it. Icelanders believe in elves. Why does that make you laugh?, asks Nancy Marie Brown in this ...Show more
Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women by NANCY MARIE BROWN
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
In the tradition of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra, Brown lays to rest the hoary myth that Viking society was ruled by men and celebrates the dramatic lives of female Viking warriors. In 2017, DNA tests revealed to the collective shock of many scholars that a Viking warrior in a high-status grave in Birka, Sw ...Show more
The Far Traveler - Voyages of a Viking Woman by Nancy Marie Brown
$32.00 AUD
Category: History
Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before sailing home. Or so the Icelandic sagas say. Even after archaeologists found a Viking longhouse in Newfoundla ...Show more
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