Sons of Ragnar: Viking Warriors who Terrorised Britain and Ireland

The iconic Ragnar Lothbrok and his five famous sons Ivar, Bjorn, Ubbe, Halfdan and Sigurd have become immortalised through Norse sagas and the hit TV show Vikings.The real life story of this warrior family from the Viking Age is just as dramatic.Sons of Ragnar led a ‘great heathen army’ to avenge their father's death according to a legendary Old Norse tale and changed the face of Britain.Drawing on numerous ancient sources, extensive archaeological findings and exciting new research, this investigation will piece together the incredible true story of Ragnar's five famous sons and how much of the iconic saga traditions were based on reality. The most notorious son was Ivar the Boneless. This book will explore his connection to the mysterious ‘Dark Foreigners’ in Ireland, his infamous executions of two Anglo Saxon kings and a spectacular raid on an impregnable fortress in modern Scotland.A giant skeleton found in the mass Viking burial at Repton has been linked to Ivar, while another leg