Sagas of Warrior-poets

Sagas of Warrior-poets
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 430
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ISBN-10 : 9780141941585
ISBN-13 : 0141941588
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Book Synopsis Sagas of Warrior-poets by : Leifur Eiricksson

Download or read book Sagas of Warrior-poets written by Leifur Eiricksson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2002-08-29 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kormak's Saga, The Saga of Hallfred Troublesome-Poet, The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue, The Saga of Bjorn, Champion of the Hitardal People, Viglund's Saga Set in the farmsteads of Viking age Iceland at a time when the old ethos of honour and heroic adventure merged with new ideas of romantic infatuation, each of these sagas features poet heroes, complex love triangles, and travels to foreign lands.


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