From the Fury of the Vikings...
Sandy Leong
- Region:
- Anywhere
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Professional Speaker
- Fee:
- Paid: £85 - local to Loughborough, please contact for fees for speaking further a field
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 9th September 2022
- Tagged:
- Vikings | History; | English History
For 300 years the Vikings took the northern world by storm. In search of land, slaves, gold and silver, brave warriors and explorers set sail from Scandinavia. The speed and daring of the Vikings was legendary; Christian monks wrote with horror about violent raids on monasteries and towns. The raid on Lindisfarne in 793 was thought to mark the beginning of the Viking Age. Come and find out about when the Vikings came to the England and what they got up to. The Viking story is one of raiding, trading, exploring and settling.
Views: 1610 | Enquiries: 5About Sandy Leong
Sandy Leong is an historian, passionate about bringing history to life and is a lively and entertaining speaker. She specialises in the Tudors, an exciting time in the country as it was changing fast; and in the Viking period, who are much more than the stereotype of raiders in horned helmets. She also loves to bring to life the sort of history that doesn’t get into the mainstream history books in a light hearted way
She is a professional speaker, and published author, married to a Malaysian, spending time living and working in the UK & Malaysia. She has had a lifelong career as an educator and developer of people; she is a qualified teacher, past CEO of a Racial Equality Council; Guest Lecturer at Universities and Colleges of Further Education; a regular speaker at conferences; guest speaker with Regent Seven Seas, Cunard, P & O, Fred Olsen, Saga cruise ships and other lines; and sought after speaker for U3A’s, WI’s, Historical Societies and other groups.
Other interests include, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees for a large Charity and a Past President of Loughborough Speakers Club, holding the Advanced Speaker Award.
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Sandy Leong
- Bitter is the Wind Tonight
- Beyond the Edge of the World
- The Power of Word Fame - The Viking Way of Life
- Vallhalla - The Ultimate Destination
- A Nice Cup of Tea - a Potted History of Tea
- Spilling the Beans - A History of Coffee
- Food of the Gods - When Chocolate was worth more than Silver
- All for the Love of Sugar
- Hey Diddle Diddle - The History of Nursery Rhymes
- Mad as a Hatter - The Origins & Meanings of Sayings
- Black Cats, New Moons & Ladders - The Origin of Superstitions
- The Bishops Finger - A History of the Public House
- The History of Witches
- Lady Jane Grey - The Forgotten Tudor
- Santa Claus & All Things Christmas
- Introducing the Tudors with Nursery Rhymes
- Henry VIII - the Highs & Lows
- Elizabeth I - Ultimate PR & Pragmatism?
- Spicing Up a Tudor Life
- What the Tudors Did For Us
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