Beschreibung:
Jonathan Clements is a scriptwriter and the author of a number of books, including a history of the Vikings, a biography of Gustav Mannerheim, and a guide to the Silk Road.
In the American mind, Finland is often swept up in the general group of Nordic countries, little known and seldom gaining prominence on its own. But as Jonathan Clements shows in An Armchair Traveller's History of Finland, it has a long and fascinating history, one that offers oddities and excitements galore: from prehistoric herders to medieval lords, Christian martyrs and Viking kings, and the war heroes who held off the Soviet Union against long odds.