What to do with a 20-year-old history/politics university student kicking about the house on his summer holidays? (aka my son). Set him writing challenges - that's what! So, here we have The Tale of Vinland, written by Ben Patterson Modern pop culture knows the Vikings as bloodthirsty raiders and conquerors, setting out from the frozen hellscape of Scandinavia that they called home to terrorise Europe for the next two centuries, whether sailing down the Seine and razing Pari