History Of Iceland [Paperback]

This, the only comprehensive history of Iceland available in English, provides an informative overview of the nation's development from the Viking Age to the present. This erudite, impeccably researched volume meets a long-standing need for a detailed, scholarly, comprehensive, and authoritative history of Iceland in English, from its earliest human settlement to the present. Written by one of Iceland's premier historians and a professor at its national university, this will no doubt become the standard, definitive work on Iceland far into the future. Attractively produced and thoroughly indexed, it will serve as a useful reference work and is written in a felicitous style that is eminently readable for any general reader interested in the history of this remarkable nation. Recommended for all academic libraries as well as public ones with a clientele interested in the Scandinavian peoples.