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| #682944 in Books | 1989 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.50 x.25 x5.25l,.31 | File type: PDF | 116 pages||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Short and Brutal|By Brad|Relentless as the Viking cultures were, it's often difficult to understand the sheer brutality of these people. In this Saga a moments chance to attain glory, a beautiful woman, riches, a claim/promise uttered while intoxicated, can lead to brothers, fathers, and long time friends to betray one another and even form alliances with former foes. The J&oac|Language Notes|Text: English, Icelandic (translation)|From the Back Cover|In the year A.D. 986, Earl Hakon, ruler of most of Norway, won a triumphant victory over an invading fleet of Danes in the great naval battle of Hjoru
In A.D. 986, Earl Hákon, ruler of most of Norway, won a triumphant victory over an invading fleet of Danes in the great naval battle of Hjórunga Bay. Sailing under his banner were no fewer than five Icelandic skalds, the poet-historians of the Old Norse world. Two centuries later their accounts of the battle became the basis for one of the liveliest of the Icelandic sagas, with special emphasis on the doings of the Jómsvikings, the famed members o...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Saga of the Jomsvikings | From University of Texas Press. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
