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In 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 Hjorunga 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 Jomsvikings, the famed members of a warrior community that feared no one and dared all. In Lee M. Hollander's faithful translation, all of the unknown twelfth-century author's narrative genius and flair for dramatic situation and pungent characterization is preserved.Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
ISBN-139780292776234
eBay Product ID (ePID)90253568
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Saga of the Jomsvikings
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicGenealogy
Publication Year1988
Number of Pages116 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height191mm
Item Width133mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States