The Vinland Sagas Av Leifur Eiricksson

Set around the time of Iceland's conversion to Christianity, this saga follows a 50 year blood-feud. The narrative focuses on Njal Thorgeirsson who, along with his family, is burnt alive in his home. The saga exposes the cathatic power of vengance...

<b>The Penguin Classics list of medieval sagas grows ever more impressive with these two thrilling Norse sagas</b><br><br>One of the best-loved works of Icelandic literature, this stirring tale of war and romance follows three...

Egil''s Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth-century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a morally ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry, and a physical grotesque capable...

The sagas of the ancient Narts are to the Caucasus what Greek mythology is to Western civilization. This book presents, for the first time in the West, a wide selection of these fascinating myths preserved among four related peoples whose ancient cultures...