Book description
Kormak's Saga, The Saga of Hallfred Troublesome-Poet, The Saga of
Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue, The Saga of Bjorn, Champion of the Hitardal
People, Viglund's Saga Set in the farmsteads of Viking age Iceland at a
time when the old ethos of honour and heroic adventure merged with new
ideas of romantic infatuation, each of these sagas features poet heroes,
complex love triangles, and travels to foreign lands.
Diana Whaley is a Reader in Medieval Studies at the University of
Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Translators: Diana Whaley, Rory McTurk, Katrina Attwood, Alison
Finlay, Marianne Kalinke
