Much like Greek and Roman mythology, Norse myths are still with us. Famous storytellers from JRR Tolkien to Neil Gaiman have drawn their inspiration from the long-haired, mead-drinking, marauding and pillaging Vikings. Their creator is a thirteenth-century Icelandic chieftain by the name of Snorri Sturluson. Like Homer, Snorri was a bard, writing down and embellishing the folklore and pagan legends of medieval Scandinavia. Unlike Homer, Snorri was a man of the world a wily political power player, one of the richest men in Iceland who came close to ruling it, and even closer to betraying it In "Song of the Vikings," award-winning author Nancy Marie Brown brings Snorri Sturluson s story to lifein a richly textured narrative that draws on newly available sources."
- ISBN10 0230338844
- ISBN13 9780230338845
- Publish Date 30 October 2012
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English