An Icelandic saga which mixes realism with wild gothic imagination and history with eerie tales of hauntings. It dramatizes a 13th century view of the past, from the pagan anarchy of the Viking age to the settlement of Iceland, the coming of Christianity and the beginnings of organized society.
| ISBN: | 9780140445305 |
| Publication date: | 26th January 1989 |
| Author: | Hermann Pálsson, Paul Edwards |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 177 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Sagas |