Scandinavia + Scandinavian history

Book Reviews

• David H. Caldwell, et al.: The Lewis Chessmen Unmasked
  - their provenance, background, and styling
• Eric Christiansen: The Norsemen in the Viking Age*
  - a descriptive survey staying close to the evidence
• Michael Crichton: Eaters of the Dead
  - the Beowulf story from the perspective of an Arab traveler
• Dorothy Dunnett: King Hereafter*
  - a historical novel about the real Macbeth
• Peter Høeg: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
  - an atmospheric thriller set in Copenhagen and Greenland
• Owe Martinsson, Jerzy Lesinski: Siberian Larch
  Forestry and Timber in a Scandinavian Perspective
• Sigrid Undset: Kristin Lavransdatter*
  - a family saga set in medieval Norway