1975 Laxdaela Saga

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Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Slipcase

Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text woodcuts. Laxdaela saga or The Saga of the People of Laxardalur, is one of the sagas of Icelanders. Written in the thirteenth century AD, it tells of people in the Breiðafjörður area in western Iceland from the late nineth to the early eleventh century. The saga particularly focuses on a love triangle between Kjartan and Bolli, who grow up together as close friends, and love they both have for the beautiful Guðrún which causes enmity between them. Translated with an introduction from Magnus Magnusson, an Icelandic-born British-based journalist, translator, writer and television presenter, and Hermann Palsson, an Icelandic language scholar and translator. Illustrated by Peter Pendrey, a British illustrator noted for his woodcuts.