An epic adventure: from the Vikings to the Enlightenment, from
barbaric outpost to global hub, this book tells the dazzling
history of northern Europe's transformation by sea. 'Pye writes
like a dream. Magnificent' Jerry Brotton, author of A History of
the World in Twelve Maps ______________ This is a story of saints
and spies, of anglers and pirates, traders and marauders - and of
how their wild and daring journeys across the North Sea built the
world we know. When the Roman Empire retreated, northern Europe was
a barbarian outpost at the very edge of everything. A thousand
years later, it was the heart of global empires and the home of
science, art, enlightenment and money. We owe this transformation
to the tides and storms of the North Sea. Boats carried food and
raw materials, but also new ideas and information. The seafarers
raided, ruined and killed, but they also settled and coupled. With
them they brought new tastes and technologies - books, science,
clothes, paintings and machines. Drawing on an astonishing breadth
of learning and packed with human stories and revelations, this is
the epic drama of how we came to be who we are. ______________ 'A
closely-researched and fascinating characterisation of the richness
of life and the underestimated interconnections of the peoples all
around the medieval and early modern North Sea' Chris Wickham,
author of The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to
1000 'Elegant writing and extraordinary scholarship . . .
Miraculous' Hugh Aldersey-Williams, author of Periodic Tales and
Anatomies 'Bristling, wide-ranged and big-themed . . . at its most
meaningful, history involves a good deal of art and storytelling.
Pye's book is full of both' Russell Shorto, New York Times 'For
anyone, like this reviewer, who is tired of medieval history as a
chronicle of kings and kingdoms, knights and ladies, monks and
heretics, The Edge of the World provides a welcome respite' Prof
Patrick J Geary, Wall Street Journal
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