Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199539154)

Selected by Gwyn Jones--the eminent Celtic scholar--for their excellence and variety, these nine Icelandic sagas include "Hen-Thorir," "The Vapnfjord Men," "Thorstein Staff-Struck," "Hrafnkel the Priest of Frey," "Thidrandi whom the Goddesses Slew," "Authun and the Bear," "Gunnlaug Wormtongue," "King Hrolf and his Champions," and the title piece.

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Author: Gwyn Jones
ISBN-10: 0199539154
ISBN-13: 9780199539154
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 02/15/2009
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 7.76h x 5.12w x 0.65d