NANCY MARIE BROWN is the author of highly praised books of nonfiction, including Song of the Vikings. She is fluent in Icelandic and spends her summers in Iceland. She has deep ties to the Scandinavian cultural institutions in the U.S. Brown lives in East Burke, VT.
"A richly imagined journey to the Viking world that created the Lewis chessmen - ""the most important chess pieces in history."" - New York Times"