Svarfdale Saga - and Other Tales

This book is the first modern English translation of two old Icelandic family sagas and one shorter narrative. Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Svarfdale Saga; The Saga of Valla Ljot; The Story of Thorleif Jarl's Skald; Index; Maps.

About the author

By Bryant W. Bachman and Gudmundur Erlingsson

Summary

This is a modern English translation of two old Icelandic family sagas, "Svarfdale Saga" and "The Saga of Valla Ljot". A shorter narrative, "The Story of Thorleif Jarl's Skald", is also included.

Product details

• Authors: Bryant W Bachman, Bryant W. Bachman, W. Bryant Bachman, Gudmundur Erlingsson, Erlingsson Gudmundur
• Assisted by: Bryant W. Bachman (Translation), Gudmundur Erlingsson (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.05.1994
• EAN: 9780819195135
• ISBN: 978-0-8191-9513-5
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 234 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 404 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies; FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Myth & legend told as fiction, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales