The Sagas of the Icelanders (World of the Sagas)
β Scribed by Smilely, Jane
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2005;2001
- Tongue
- en-jm
- Weight
- 548 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1101487410
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β¦ Synopsis
Presents a collection of Viking "sagas" to commemorate the adventures of the people who first settled Iceland, and then explored Greenland and North America.;Egil's saga / (trans. Bernard Scudder) -- The saga of the people of Vatnsdal / (trans. Andrew Wawn) -- The saga of the people of Laxardal / (trans. Keneva Kunz) -- Bolli Bollason's tale / (trans. Keneva Kunz) -- The saga of Hrafnkel Frey's Godi / (trans. Terry Gunnell) -- The saga of the confederates / (trans. Ruth C. Ellison) -- Gisli Sursson's saga / (trans. Martin S. Regal) -- The saga of Gunnlaug serpent-tongue / (trans. Katrina C. Attwood) -- The saga of Ref the Sly / (trans. George Clark) -- The Vinland sagas. The saga of the Greenlanders / (trans. Keneva Kunz) ; Eirik the Red's saga / (trans. Keneva Kunz) -- The tale of Thorstein Staff-struck / (trans. Anthony Maxwell) -- The tale of Halldor Snorrason II / (trans. Terry Gunnell) -- The tale of sarcastic Halli / (trans. George Clark) -- The tale of Thorstein Shiver / (trans. Anthony Maxwell) -- The tale of Audun from the West Fjords (trans. Anthony Maxwell) -- The tale of the story-wise Icelander / (trans. Anthony Maxwell).
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