If Heimskringla is the #1 book about kings and significant events of the Viking age, "Sagas of the Icelanders" is the ones about regular people and their amazing lives. This book goes into much greater detail of what it was like for the regular person in the viking age. It tells mainly of the early Icelandic settlers and their families, but also all of the most epic journeys all around Europe and going "a viking."
You will also read about some of the greatest heroes of the viking age including Egil Skallagrimsson, Erik the Red, Leif Erikson(discoverer of N. America), Freydis Eriksdottir, Harald Fairhair, Gisli Sursson, Hrafnkel Freysgodi and many more.
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List of Sagas included
-Egil’s Saga
-The Saga of the People of Vatnsdal
-The Saga of the People of Laxardal
-Bolli Bollason’s Tale
-The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey’s Godi
-The Saga of the Confederates (trans. Ruth C. Ellison)
-Gisli Sursson’s Saga (trans. Martin S. Regal)
-The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue (trans. Katrina C. Attwood)
-The Saga of Ref the Sly (trans. George Clark)
-The Saga of the Greenlanders (trans. Keneva Kunz)
-Eirik the Red’s Saga (trans. Keneva Kunz)
-The Tale of Thorstein Staff-struck (trans. Anthony Maxwell)
-The Tale of Halldor Snorrason II (trans. Terry Gunnell)
-The Tale of Sarcastic Halli (trans. George Clark)
-The Tale of Thorstein Shiver (trans. Anthony Maxwell)
-The Tale of Audun from the West Fjords (trans. Anthony Maxwell)
-The Tale of the Story-wise Icelander
Product Details
Publisher- Penguin Classics (March 2001)
Language- English
Paperback- 848 pages
Item Weight- 2 pounds
Dimensions- 5.4 x 1.8 x 8.4 inches