Ülevaade Läänemere ja seda ümbritsevate riikide ajaloost alates viikingitest ja ristiusustamisest kuni Euroopa Liidu laienemiseni.

In this overview of the Baltic region from the Vikings to the European Union, Michael North presents the sea and the lands that surround it as a Nordic Mediterranean, a maritime zone of shared influence, with its own distinct patterns of trade, cultural exchange, and conflict. Covering over a thousand years in a part of the world where seas have been much more connective that land.
«The Baltic: A History» transforms the way we think about a body of water too often ignored in studies of the world's major waterways.