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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 of staggering brutality. The... Read Full Overview

Perhaps the best known of the Iclenadic Sagas - Egils Saga recounts the incredible life of Egill Skallagr msson, an Icelandic farmer, viking and skald. The story flows at a break-neck speed through every part of early Icelandic life and includes some of the most prized fragments... Read Full Overview

Demon, killer and drunkard, poet, lawyer and farmer: Egil is on eof the most individual and paradoxical characters to emerge from the Icelandic sagas.

Egil's Saga is the 10th-century Nordic equivalent of The Iliad and The Odyssey. Translated from the Icelandic with
an introduction, notes and an essay, this is the first time Eddison's version of this epic heroic saga has been published in paperback.

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Egil's Saga is a medieval Icelandic saga that tells the story of the life of Egil Skallagr������msson, a legendary Viking warrior and poet. The saga begins with the story of Egil's grandfather and continues through Egil's own life, including... Read Full Overview

Egil's Saga is a medieval Icelandic saga that tells the story of Egil Skallagr������msson, a Viking warrior, poet, and farmer who lived in the 10th century. The saga follows Egil from his youth, when he is exiled from Norway for killing... Read Full Overview

The Story of Egil Skallagrimsson is a book written by Snorri Sturluson, originally published in 1893. The book is an Icelandic family history that covers the ninth and tenth centuries, focusing on the life and adventures of Egil Skallagrimsson, a legendary warrior and poet from... Read Full Overview

Egil's Saga is a medieval Icelandic saga that tells the story of Egil Skallagr������msson, a legendary Viking warrior, poet, and farmer who lived in the 10th century. The saga follows Egil from his childhood in Norway to his exile in... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview