Song of the Vikings by Nancy Marie Brown

Song of the Vikings

by Nancy Marie Brown

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."

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a great romp through medieval Iceland and Snorri Sturleson, the man responsible for much of what we know about Viking mythology.

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