{"product_id":"9781781858950","title":"Scandinavians : In Search of the Soul of the North","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Ferguson, Robert, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 10\/08\/2017,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 480 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Head of Zeus,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Head of Zeus,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: European history\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781781858950\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Scandinavians are regarded as Europe's most tolerant and peace-loving people. So how was it that one of the worst acts of political terror ever witnessed on this continent was committed by a Norwegian - against his fellow countrymen? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScandinavia is the epitome of cool: we fill our homes with cheap but stylish Nordic furniture; we envy their health-giving outdoor lifestyle; we glut ourselves on their crime fiction; even their strangely attractive melancholia seems to express a stoic, common-sensical acceptance of life's many vicissitudes. But how valid is this outsider's view of Scandinavia, and how accurate our picture of life in Scandinavia today? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRobert Ferguson digs down through two millennia of history to tell stories of extraordinary events, people and objects - from Norwegian Death Metal to Vidkun Quisling, from Agnetha Faltskog to Greta Garbo, from Lurpak butter to the Old Norse rune stones - that richly illuminate our understanding of modern Scandinavia, its society, politics, culture and temperament.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022442528921,"sku":"9781781858950","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781781858950.jpg?v=1602537894","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781781858950","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}