Vikings in the East by Martyn Whittock: Well-researched account let down by attempt to make sense of Putin’s invasion

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Vikings in the East: From Vladimir the Great to Vladimir Putin, the Origins of a Contested Legacy in Russia and Ukraine Author : Martyn Whittock ISBN-13 : 978-1785909054 Publisher : Biteback Publishing Guideline Price : £22 Martyn Whittock, a prolific and eclectic British historian, author of several books on Vikings and the old Norse world, focuses here on a lesser-known aspect of Viking history. He examines the eastward expeditions of Swedish warrior-traders, known as Varangians, in the ninth and tenth centuries that ultimately led to the establishment of the Kievan Rus in Kyiv in 988, with the coronation of Vladimir...