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Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths
by Nancy Marie Brown (Author) Format: Kindle Edition★★★★★
★★★★★
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Customers find this book informative and well-researched, particularly praising its coverage of Norse myths and legends. Moreover, the writing is rich and engaging, with one customer noting it's neither dull nor incomprehensible. Additionally, the scholarly content receives positive feedback, with one customer highlighting how it explains complex relationships.
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“A wonderfully evocative biography of the . . . 13th century Icelandic writer and chieftain” who wrote the immortal stories of Thor, Odin, Valhalla, and Ragnarök (Guardian, UK).Much like Greek and Roman mythology, Norse myths are still with us. Famous storytellers from JRR Tolkien to Neil Gaiman have drawn their inspiration from the long-haired, mead-drinking, marauding and pillaging Vikings. But few of us know much about the creator of these immortal heroes: a thirteenth-century Icelandic chieftain by the name of Snorri Sturluson.Like Homer, Snorri was a bard, writing down and embellishing the folklore and pagan legends of medieval Scandinavia. Unlike Homer, Snorri was a man of the world—a wily political power player, one of the richest men in Iceland who came close to ruling it, and even closer to betraying it. In Song of the Vikings, award-winning author Nancy Marie Brown brings Snorri Sturluson’s story to life in a richly textured narrative that draws on newly available sources. Read more
Product Information
ASIN | B008214WQW |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Accessibility | Learn more |
Publication date | October 30, 2012 |
Edition | Reprint |
Language | English |
File size | 7.6 MB |
Screen Reader | Supported |
Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
X-Ray | Not Enabled |
Word Wise | Enabled |
Print length | 257 pages |
ISBN-13 | 978-1137073716 |
Page Flip | Enabled |
Best Sellers Rank | #237,639 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #2 in Scandinavian Literary Criticism (Kindle Store) #8 in History of Iceland #48 in Medieval Literary Criticism (Books) |
Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 119 ratings |