Egil's Saga (Penguin Classics)
 Ian Myles Slater on: Excellent Translation (of the Prose): The story of Egil son of Grim the Bald (Skalla-Grim) is one of the prose works from medieval Iceland known as sagas, and of the major sagas it probably most closely approximates the image [... more]
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Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 910 EAN: 9781902669892 ISBN: 1902669894 Number Of Pages: 440 Publication Date: 2007-03 [... more]
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The Reunion: A Norwegian American Family Saga
More Than a Family Saga: Reunion Review This is a wonderful and difficult book to review. Wonderful because of the great wisdom and peace at which it eventually arrives in such a simple, humble way. Difficult because it speaks so deeply to, and of, the [... more]
$25.00
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The Fljotsdale Saga and the Droplaugarsons (Everyman's ...
Ordinary, at best.: I imagine some doctoral advisor with five great manuscripts and six students. This translation seems to have come from the sixth student. The translator's own notes show indifference to the text: "characterization on the whole ( [... more]
$7.95
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The Thrall's Tale
One of the few books I've been tempted to abandon unfinished: Katla, whose mother was a Christian Irishwoman kidnapped in a Viking raid, has grown up a thrall (slave) in Viking Iceland. When her master Einar decides to follow Erik the Red to establish a [... more]
$25.95
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Eirik The Red and Other Icelandic Sagas (World's Classics)
A Very Nice Compendium of Some of the Lesser Sagas: Gwyn Jones here gives us his very smooth and stylish translations of some of the lesser, and lesser known, sagas in the Icelandic literary opus. From the title piece, "Eirik the Red's Saga", [... more]
$5.95
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Hanna's Daughters
I wonder if it was as depressing to write as it was to read?: The front of my cover reads "an uplifting family saga", but I found nothing uplifting about it. This was one of the most depressing and dull books I've read in a while. Perhaps it [... more]
$24.00
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Sagas and Myths of the Northmen (Penguin Epics)
A very abridged version of the Sagas: Sagas and Myths of the Northmen Translated by Jesse L. Byock Consider this rendition of these Sagas as a light, low calorie beer. If you have never had a real full body beer or ale before, you might consider this to [... more]
$8.95
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Northern Antiquity: The Post-medieval Reception of Edda ...
Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 839.609 EAN: 9781874312185 ISBN: 1874312184 Number Of Pages: 342 Publication Date: 1994-12-19 [... more]
$59.95
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The Collected Works of William Morris: Volume 8. ...
Author: William Morris Binding: Paperback EAN: 9781402184642 ISBN: 1402184646 Number Of Pages: 292 Publication Date: 2000-11-28 Release Date: 2000-11-28 [... more]
$16.99
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Iceland: Land of the Sagas
Excellent reading and beautiful photographs: I recently visited Iceland for a a couple days enroute from Europe to the US and found myself enchanted by the country and its people. Returning home, I immediately wanted to purchase a book that would give me [... more]
$21.95
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The Sagas of the Icelanders
Great Reading At A Bargain Price!: This is a great collection of stories for 2 reasons. The first is because it's a great bargain for the price. This is a HUGE book & will entertain the reader for hours. I've bought several volumes of the great Sagas, [... more]
$40.00
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