Thomas Williams Collection 2 Books Set Lost Realms, Viking Britain A History

Thomas Williams Collection 2 Books Set (Lost Realms, Viking Britain A History)\n\nDescription :\nLost Realms: Histories of Britain from the Romans to the VikingsIn Lost Realms Thomas Williams uncovers the forgotten origins and untimely demise of Britain\u2019s ancient kingdoms: lands that hover in the twilight between history and fable, whose stories hum with gods and miracles, with giants and battles and ruin. Why did some realms \u2013 like Wessex, Northumbria and Gwynedd \u2013 prosper while others fell? And how did their communities adapt to the catastrophic changes of their age? Drawing on Britain \u2019 s ancient landscape and bringing together new archaeological revelations with the few precious fragments of surviving written sources, Williams spectacularly rebuilds a lost past.\nViking Britain: A HistoryTo many, the word \u2018Viking\u2019 brings to mind red scenes of rape and pillage, of marauders from beyond the sea rampaging around the British coastline in the last gloomy .