[Download] "Heimskringla - The Norse King Sagas" by Snorre Sturlason # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Heimskringla - The Norse King Sagas
- Author : Snorre Sturlason
- Release Date : January 24, 2011
- Genre: Fiction & Literature,Books,History,Europe,Religion & Spirituality,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 2207 KB
Description
This early work of poetry is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Written in the early thirteenth century, it contains a collection of sagas about Norwegian kings. This is a fascinating work and is thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in Norse history.
Contents Include: Dedication to King Haakon VII - Editor's Introduction - Translator's Preface - Snorre's Preface - The Ynglinga Saga, Semi-Mythical - Historic Sagas - Halfdan the Black - Harald the Fairhaired - Haakon the Good - Eric's Sons - Earl Haakon - King Olaf Tryguesson - King Olaf the Saint - Magnus the Good - Harald the Stern - Olaf the Quiet - Magnus Barefoot - The Sons of Magnus - Magnus the Blind and Harald Gille - The Sons of Harald - Haakon the Broad-Shouldered - Magnus Erlingson - List of Old Sagas - List of Kings of Sweden, Denmark, Norway - Index of Names and Places.