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Laxdaela Saga (69 Edition) by Magnus (translator) Magnusson Publisher Comments The Penguin Classics list of medieval sagas grows ever more impressive with these two thrilling Norse sagas One of the best -loved works of Icelandic literature, this stirring tale of war and romance follows three generations of strong women, wise... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Sagas of Icelanders by Jane (int) Smiley Publisher Comments A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's greatest literary treasures--as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Elder Edda: A Book of Viking Lore (Penguin Classics) by Andy (trn) Orchard Publisher Comments The greatest source of knowledge of Viking lore. The mythology surrounding ancient Norse gods and heroes has inspired countless writers and artists, including Tennyson, Wagner, William Morris, Tolkien, Borges, and Auden. Compiled by an unknown scribe in... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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Seven Viking Romances (Penguin Classics) by Hermann Palsson About the Author Paul and Sarah Edwards are the bestselling coauthors of numerous books, including Finding Your Perfect Work, The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century, and Making Money in Cyberspace. They provide millions of people with informative and inspirational... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Parzival: A Romance of the Middle Ages by Wolfram Von Eschenbach Publisher Comments Parzival, an Arthurian romance completed by Wolfram von Eschenbach in the first years of the thirteenth century, is one of the foremost works of German literature and a classic that can stand with the great masterpieces of the world. The most important... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories (Penguin Classics) by Palsson Publisher Comments They date from the thirteenth century and fall into two distinct groups. Hrafnkel's Saga, Thorstein the Staff-Struck, and Ale Hood are set in the pastoral society of native Iceland, the homely touch and stark realism giving the incidents a strong feeling... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Edda by Snorri Sturluson Publisher Comments But the king's heart swells, bulging with courage in battle, where heroes sink down... Over a period of twenty years Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose Edda as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings. His work... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Saga of the Volsungs: Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer by Jesse Byock Publisher Comments A trove of traditional lore, this Icelandic prose epic tells of love, jealousy, vengeance, war, and the mythic deeds of the dragonslayer, Sigurd the Volsung. The saga is of special interest to admirers of Richard Wagner, who drew heavily upon this Norse... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Parzival and Titurel (Oxford World's Classics) by Von Eschenbach Publisher Comments Written in the first decade of the thirteenth century, Parzival is the greatest of the medieval Grail romances. It tells of Parzival's growth from youthful folly to knighthood at the court of King Arthur, and of his quest for the Holy Grail. Exuberant... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Grettirs Saga by Denton Fox Publisher Comments Profound and intriguing, Grettir's Saga is the last of the great Icelandic sagas. It tells of the life and death of Grettir, a great rebel, individualist, and romantic hero viewed unromantically. Grettir spends his childhood violently defying authority... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Penguin Epics #15: Siegfried's Murder by A T Hatto Publisher Comments Having killed a dragon and bathed in its blood, the mighty Siegfried seems undefeatable.JBut during a bitter family feud, his naive and beautiful wife reveals he has one terrible weakness.JSo Siegfried's enemies take him with them into the dark depths of... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Landscape of Desire: Partial Stories of the Medieval Scandinavian World by Gillian R. Overing Publisher Comments 'An extraordinary rich study of the power of place in the Northern medieval world by two medievalists, who are also 'compleat geographers' in that they do fieldwork that is always informed by theory and they demonstrate exceptional sensitivity to place's... (read more) List Price $24.50 Your price: $21.74 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Parzival (Penguin Classics) by Wolfram Von Eschenbach Publisher Comments Composed in the early thirteenth century, Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival is the re-creation and completion of the story left unfinished by its initiator Chretien de Troyes. It follows Parzival from his boyhood and career as a knight in the court of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Kalevala : Poems of the Kaleva District (63 Edition) by Elias Lonnrot Publisher Comments The national folk epic of Finland is here presented in an English translation that is both scholarly and eminently readable. The lyrical passages and poetic images, the wry humor, the tall-tale extravagance, and the homely realism of the 'Kaevala' come... (read more) List Price $28.50 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong (Penguin Classics) by Ornolfur Thorsson Publisher Comments Composed at the end of the fourteenth century by an unknown author, The Saga of Grettir the Strong is one of the last great Icelandic sagas. With a mesmerizing combination of pagan ideals and Christian faith, it relates the tale of Grettir, an eleventh... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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King Harald's Saga: Harald Hardradi of Norway: From Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla by Sturluson Synopsis The biography of one of the most remarkable and memorable of the Medieval kings of Norway.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Saga of Gisli the Outlaw by George Johnston Publisher Comments The Saga of Gisli was written early in the thirteenth century. It offers an imaginative reconstruction of the story of a man and his family who came to Iceland from Norway about AD 960. Soon after 960 Gisli, the central figure, was outlawed for killing... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Prose Edda by Sturluson Publisher Comments One of the great storybooks of the middle ages: a master storyteller from the thirteenth century recounts classic tales of Icelandic mythology along with a lesson to young poets on the importance of learning, respecting, and continuing traditional... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney (Penguin Classics) by Hermann Palsson Synopsis A Norse saga recounts the conquest of the northern Scottish isles by the Viking kings of Norway during the ninth century.... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Poetic Edda: Second Edition, Revised by Lee M. Hollander Publisher Comments The Poetic Edda comprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place in Nordic culture, literature, and heritage. Its tales of strife and death form a repository, in poetic form, of Norse mythology and heroic lore... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper
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