Los reyes del río

The epic tale of the eastern adventures of the Vikings. The Viking Age begins with the looting of the Lindisfarne monastery in 793. From that moment on, the Vikings ravaged the coasts and rivers of Europe, from Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula itself. However, in 2017, a gem found at an archaeological site changed the history of the Vikings forever. It was a carnelian from India. Was it possible that the Vikings had traveled so far? How had that little account gotten to Europe? Cat Jarman, a bioarchaeologist and archaeologist specializing in the Viking Age, traces the journey of this mysterious gem from Gujarat, India, to the British Isles, showing us that, beyond Western Europe, the Vikings went up the Dnieper to the sea Negro and the Volga to the Caspian, weaving a commercial and human network that united Europe and Asia, and to which the Vikings, men and women, launched themselves in search of riches, power, adventures or, simply, a new life. In their travels they came into contact and traded with great kingdoms, fought as formidable warriors in the service of emperors, and even founded a dynasty. An enthralling read, The River Kings offers us a new and dramatically broader view of the Vikings and the medieval world, opening our eyes to a fascinating time.