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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

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

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

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.

The saga of... Read Full Overview

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

The Story Of Egil Skallagrimsson: Being An Icelandic Family History Of The Ninth And Tenth Centuries is a book written by Snorri Sturluson and published in 1893. The book tells the story of Egil Skallagrimsson, an Icelandic warrior and poet who lived in the ninth and tenth centuries... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... 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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this... 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

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