Book Categories
|
Heimskringla or the Lives of the Norse Kings |
Buy Heimskringla or the Lives of the Norse Kings here, one of 750 Iceland History books offered for sale at discount prices here in the history books section at R bookshop. There are currently 88143 history books in our history books section, and over 1,000,000 books listed in our book store. We greatly appreciate your patronage at R bookshop and look forward to offering you a large selection of great books at discount prices now and in the future. Thank you for shopping at R Bookshop!
|
You Are Here: Home > History Books > Iceland History > Item 410
|
Heimskringla or the Lives of the Norse Kings
|
by Snorre Sturlason and Erling Monsen
Sales Rank: 1531628
|
List Price: $55.95
$42.52
At Amazon
on 11-27-2008.
|
|
|
|
Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 828 pages
Published by: Kessinger Publishing, LLC March 19, 2004
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0766186938
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0766186934
Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 7.5 x 1.8 inches
Weighs: 3.1 pounds
Product Description
1932. Contents: Snorre's Life; Snorre's Writings; The Manuscripts; Previous Translations; Character and Customs of the Nordic Races; The Origin of the Nordic Races; the Norse Kings; The Jutes, Angles and Saxons; England's Danish Kings; History of the Norse Kings: Ynglinga Saga; Halvdan the Black; Harald Hairfair; Hacon the Good; Eric's Sons; Hacon the Jarl; Olav Trygvason; St. Olav; Magnus the Good; Harald Hardrade; Olav Kyrre (or the Peaceful); Magnus Barefoot; Sigurd the Crusader and his brothers Eystein and Olav; Magnus the Blind and Harald Gilli (Gilchrist); Sigurd, Inge, and Eystein, the sons of Harald Gilli; Hacon Broad-shoulder; and Magnus Erlingson.
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings (Paperback)
This compendium of the norse kings' chronicles is a great effort to keep the flavor and literary rhythym of the original works by Snorri Sturluson. The extensive annotations and clarifications make this an ideal reference work for navigating the labyrinth of icelandic and norse sagas and other literature from the Scandinavian side of the sea. It's an ideal companion to an aggregation of the norse sagas. If this volume has a shortcoming, that is that it lacks what all of the present-day renderings of the related body of literature could have to add interest for the novice: up-to-date maps keyed to the individual chronicles. But in fairness, that could be a volume in itself, for sure! Criticism of this translation of the Snorri's chronicles of the lives of the norse kings as "victorian" is not very insightful. First, the Victorian era ended with the 20th century (Queen Victoria died in 1899). This volume dates at the earliest back to 1932. Second, expecting a translation that reads like Harry Potter does a major disservice to both Snorri's and the editorial board/translators' efforts. It might make for a more casual read, but that isn't the purpose of this volume. Perhaps a version of Clif's Notes or a lighter pictoral Marvel's comics edition will be forthcoming...
Back To Top
|
Heimskringla or the Lives of the Norse Kings
Available from Amazon
Price: $42.52
Updated on 11-27-2008.
|
NOTICE: All prices, availability, and specifications
are subject to verification by their respective retailers.
| We offer Heimskringla or the Lives of the Norse Kings and other related Iceland History Books here at Rbookshop.com. To view more books about Iceland History please use the previous and next buttons near the top of this page.
|
|
|
Search for books at
