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Three Icelandic Outlaw Sagas: The Saga of Gisli; The Saga of Grettir; The Saga of Hord

By Anthony Faulkes , George Johnstonc

Book information

Publisher
Charles E. Tuttle, J. M. Dent
Year
2001
ISBN
046088221X, 9780460882217
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (18006926 bytes)
Series
The Everyman Library
Pages
XXXII+402\452
Time added
2018-03-28 12:33:57

Description

Here are three epic stories of exile and adventure: the heroes condemned to wander their lands in expiation of crimes committed in honour's name. Gisli with his biting sword Greyflank; Grettir the impetuous hot-head, and Hord the orphan, accursed at birth by his own mother. Each must do battle with the forces of an unforgiving fate - and with the destructive drives of his own character. Monsters, magic and all manner of romance are to be found in these three Icelandic sagas. Yet, with all their heroic extravagance, these tales are human before they are anything else, marked out by their down-to-earth conviction and their sometimes shocking emotional power. The Saga of Gisli - The Saga of Grettir - The Saga of Hord

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