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Egil's Saga by Snorri Sturluson; Paul Edwards (Translator); Hermann Palsson (Translator); Tiruvalluvar
Category: Classics | Series: Classics Ser.
Demon, killer and drunkard, poet, lawyer and farmer: Egil is on eof the most individual and paradoxical characters to emerge from the Icelandic sagas.
Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney by Hermann Palsson
Category: History | Series: Penguin Classics
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 conques ...Show more
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