Njal's Saga (Penguin Classics) |
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Robert Cook
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Pages: 384 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0140447695
Pub: Penguin Classics
Pub date: 2001-12-06
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 109933
Reader Reviews:
Burnt Njal (12/17 people found this helpful)
As an Asatru heathen I have read many tales and sagas from Icelandic literature but by far Burnt Njal's saga is the best. As with many sagas the tale begins before the main characters are born and ends after they are long dead.
Njal's life is a slice of Icelandic history for all to read embelished with the folklore, magic and monsters that the Icelanders believed in.
If you are going to read only one saga in your Life then this should be it.
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