Eleanor Barraclough

Embers of the Hands is brilliantly written, evoking the wonder of an entire civilisation. — Tom Holland, author of Pax and co-host of The Rest is History A wondrous, gorgeously-written book. — Rebecca Wragg Sykes, author of Kindred Splendid - an intimate portrait of the Viking Age. Highly recommended. — Neil Price, author of The Children of Ash and Elm:...

Brilliantly written ... evokes the wonder of an entire civilisation. Tom Holland, author of Pax and co-host of The Rest is History It's time to meet the real Vikings. A comb, preserved in a bog, engraved with the earliest traces of a new writing system. A pagan shrine deep beneath a lava field. A note from an angry wife to...