Eleanor Barraclough tells a richly detailed history of the Viking Age through the everyday objects and traces left by ordinary people, revealing the complex, lived realities behind the familiar saga‑era myths.

Dr Eleanor Barraclough is a historian, author and broadcaster. Her most recent book, Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age, was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize, longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction, and chosen as a Times History Book of the Year. Currently Reader in Public History at Bath Spa University, she was previously Associate Professor in Medieval History and Literature at Durham University.

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