Publisher's Synopsis
University Press returns with another short and captivating portrait of one of history's most compelling figures, Björn Ironside.
Björn Ironside was a legendary Norse warrior king. Stories handed down in oral tradition for centuries, and later recorded by monks, tell the tale of a powerful Viking who set out to conquer Rome. Björn Ironside was a member of a Viking family well-known for striking fear in the hearts of their enemies. Together with his father, Ragnar Lothbrok, and his brother, Ivar the Boneless, Björn Ironside ventured out to explore, trade, loot, and pillage on a global scale. This short book tells the intensely human story of a man who changed the world in a way that no one else could.
