Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney by Paul Edwards, Hermann Pálsson

Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney

Paul Edwards, Hermann Pálsson

256 pages first pub 1200 (editions)

nonfiction classics history adventurous slow-paced

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Written around AD 1200 by an unnamed Icelandic author, the Orkneyinga Saga is an intriguing fusion of myth, legend and history. The only medieval chronicle to have Orkney as the central place of action, it tells of an era when the islands were sti...

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