Orkneyinga Saga
The History of the Earls of Orkney
$20.87
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
31 August 1981
Summary
Written around AD 1200 by an unnamed Icelandic author, the Orkneyinga Saga is an intriguing fusion of myth, legend and history. The only medieval chronicle to have Orkney as the central place of action, it tells of an era when the islands were still part of the Viking world, beginning with their conquest by the kings of Norway in the ninth century.
The saga describes the subsequent history of the Earldom of Orkney and the adventures of great Norsemen such as Sigurd the Powerful, St Ma…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140443837 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140443835 |
| Author: | Hermann Palsson, Paul Edwards |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 31 August 1981 |
| Weight: | 194g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Hermann Palsson
Hermann Palsson was General Editor of the New Saga Library and author of many books on the history and literature of medieval Iceland. He translated many sagas for Penguin Classics.
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