Newfoundland's history spans Millennia: beginning with the ritual burial of a Maritime Archaic child through to the dawn of the Twenty-first Century. It encompasses Viking landings, the Exploits of Basque Whalers, centuries of military and religious strife, confederation with Canada and countless events sandwiched in between. Kevin Major captures it all; ­the triumphs and the setbacks, the accomplishments and the defeats ­in this exciting, vivid prose.