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Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age
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Eleanor Barraclough
Eleanor Barraclough is a historian and BBC broadcaster. She studied Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic at the University of Cambridge, and is a senior lecturer in environmental history at Bath Spa University.
Barraclough has studied and written extensively on Viking Age history and Old Norse-Icelandic literature, and has visited the ruined settlements in Norse Greenland she describes in this book. In 2016, she published Beyond the Northlands: Viking Voyages and the Old Norse Sagas, and describes her work as “about the stories that humans tell about the world, their place in it, and their past” (“Academia.” Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough). Barraclough’s fascination with the human stories behind the archaeology, coupled with extensive knowledge of historical places, language, and artifacts, gives her valuable insight into the Viking Age.
Barraclough writes with an informal rather than an academic tone, avoiding specialist jargon to make her work accessible for general readers. Her use of slang, modern connections, and punning section titles illustrate her casual affection for the subject, while footnotes provide additional information and doses of humor. This blend of Unlock all 71 pages of this Study Guide Plus, gain access to 8,950+ more expert-written Study Guides. Including features:
