The Viking Isles
Travels in Orkney and Shetland
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Birlinn General
Published:10th Oct '19
£17.99
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Paul Murton has long had a love of the Viking north – the island groups of Orkney and Shetland and the old counties of Caithness and Sutherland – which, for centuries, were part of the Nordic world as depicted in the great classic the Orkneyinga Saga. Today this fascinating Scandanavian legacy can be found everywhere – in physical remains, place-names, local traditions and folklore, and much else besides.
This is a personal account of Paul’s travels in the Viking north. Full of observation, history, anecdote and encounters with those who live there, it also serves as a practical guide to the many places of interest. From a sing-along with the Shanty Yell Boys to fishing off Muckle Flugga, from sword dancing with the men of Papa Stour to a Norwegian pub crawl in Lerwick, Paul paints a vivid picture of these lands and their people, and explores their extraordinary rich heritage.
'A beautifully produced, large-format book that is engagingly written and superbly illustrated, in many cases with the author’s own photographs'
* Undiscovered ScotlaISBN: 9781780275802
Dimensions: 246mm x 189mm x 22mm
Weight: 976g
240 pages