A review by kittic
Epic Continent: Adventures in the Great Stories of Europe by Nicholas Jubber

adventurous hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

Nicholas Jubber takes the reader along on an epic trans-continental journey through Europe. This book presents itself as a trip through the real life locations of The Odyssey, The Kosovo Cycle, The Song of Roland, The Nibelungenlied, Beowulf and Njal's Saga. In actual fact it is a journey through modern day Europe in all its nuanced reality. The book is particularly strong where the author describes the realities of immigration, the perils of grief and the visceral experience of hiking in the wilds of Europe.