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I wasn't expecting to like this one as much as I did -- after all, it isn't about Romans, and clearly I like the ones about Romans best -- but it is, surprisingly, really really good, and I will happily recommend it to anyone who wants a YA book about vikings.
It's the tale of Jestyn Englishman, a shepherd who ends up sold as a slave in Dublin to Thormod Sitricson; they become friends, they fight at each other's side, and Jestyn becomes caught up in the blood feud for Thormod's father, a quest th ...more
It's the tale of Jestyn Englishman, a shepherd who ends up sold as a slave in Dublin to Thormod Sitricson; they become friends, they fight at each other's side, and Jestyn becomes caught up in the blood feud for Thormod's father, a quest th ...more

I barely remember the plot, but I remember loving it. Rosemary Sutcliff's books are always rich with detail.
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