Viking Longship (New Vanguard, 47)

Would love to see more photos and details on how one is built....good book to starta

Although the book is not lengthy it really presents an excellent OVERVIEW of the evolution of the water-craft we all have in mind when anyone says "viking ship." This book is an excellent starting place for anyone who seriously wants to learn the detailed history of the water craft that began to evolve more than 8000 years ago in northern Europe. And, if one wants to stop after reading just this book, you have a decent idea as to how viking ships came into being. And, a pretty good understanding of the "working models" largely built in recent years in Denmark. However, if you're looking for detailed and very sophisticated extended presentations, then a good idea would be to get in touch with the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark. These folks are easy to work with, take credit cards, and have a myriad of books on viking ships written in english. I will say that some of these books are a challenge (unless you happen to be a shipwright). Closer to home, one might contact Scandinavia House on Park Avenue in New York City to check them out.

Pirates for a fantasy novel I'm currently writing spurred my interest in Viking ships. The details in this book stretched my vocabulary and fired my imagination. Short but full of facts and great illustrations, it gave me just what I needed, and I really enjoyed the challenges of learning a little about ship building.

This book is short and to the point. Excellent read as an introduction to Viking ships

Well written, easy to understand.

This is just book on history of the ship the Vikings built , most of this information you can get on Google for free...

Doesn't really add much to what has already been written/printed elsewhere

I originally bought this book for the pictures, as I am building a 1/72 sacle model of a Viking longship. I was not disapointed, but was especially pleased with the text. Very informative. Defiantely a permanent addition to my collection!

Presque complet sur les bateaux vikings dans le temps et les utilisations. Belles illustrations.

Relatively good book packed with details and accurate information. Illustrations are decent and the author stays focus on its subject which is not always the case for Osprey books.This is one of the best book I have read in the Osprey New Vanguard Series.Perhaps a bit too technicals sometimes with a lot of naval construction jargon but its partly my fault as I noticed very late through the reading that a very good glossary is located at the end.

Not much I can add to this. It’s up to the normal Osprey standard and I have many many of them. I always consider Osprey as a starting place for further research. And have been collecting them since the 70s. Won’t hear anything bad said about them.

I Just love this book on the Viking Longship, and it now helping me build a 40" long sailing model. The details in it are very good Many thanks Dibnah

Come tutti i prodotti della Osprey anche questo volumetto è molto ben fatto.Vi toglierà tutti i dubbi su come erano realizzate e decorate le "longship" dei vichinghi.