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Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney (Classics) Book

This is the story of the Orkneymen of Norwegian extraction who established an Earldom of Norway in the Northern Scottish Isles a thousand years ago, and whose descendants held sway over the Hebrides and Northern Mainland of Scotland for several centuries.Read More

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  • Foyles

    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 conquest by the kings of Norway in the ninth century. The saga describes the subsequent history of the Earldom of Orkney and the adventures of great Norsemen such as Sigurd the Powerful, St Magnus the Martyr and Hrolf, the conqueror of Normandy. Savagely powerful and poetic, this is a fascinating depiction of an age of brutal battles, murder, sorcery and bitter family feuds.

  • BookDepository

    Orkneyinga Saga : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780140443837 : 0140443835 : 30 Jul 1981 : This is the story of the Orkneymen of Norwegian extraction who established an Earldom of Norway in the Northern Scottish Isles a thousand years ago, and whose descendants held sway over the Hebrides and Northern Mainland of Scotland for several centuries.

  • Pickabook

    Hermann Palsson (Trans), Paul Edwards (Trans)

  • 0140443835
  • 9780140443837
  • none
  • 29 July 2004
  • Penguin Classics
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 256
  • New Ed
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