Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Saga of the VolsungsCondition: NewEAN: 9780141393681ISBN: 9780141393681Publisher: Penguin ClassicsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/07/2013Language: EnglishItem Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 9mmItem Weight: 124gISBN-10: 0141393688Description: Part of a new series Legends from the Ancient North, The Saga of the Volsungs is one of the classic books that influenced JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings'They summoned their friends, readiedtheir horses, and prepared their helmets,shields, swords, coats of mail' J.R.R. Tolkien spent much of his life studying, translating and teaching the great epic stories of northern Europe, filled with heroes, dragons, trolls, dwarves and magic. He was hugely influential for his advocacy of Beowulf as a great work of literature and, even if he had never written The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, would be recognised today as a significant figure in the rediscovery of these extraordinary tales.Legends from the Ancient North brings together from Penguin Classics five of the key works behind Tolkien's fiction.They are startling, brutal, strange pieces of writing, with an elemental power brilliantly preserved in these translations.They plunge the reader into a world of treachery, quests, chivalry, trials of strength.They are the most ancient narratives that exist from northern Europe and bring us as near as we will ever get to the origins of the magical landscape of Middle-earth (Midgard) which Tolkien remade in the 20th century.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBIllustrator: Petra BornerTranslator: Jesse ByockContributor: Jesse Byock (Translated by), Petra Borner (Illustrated by)Author: Jesse ByockGenre: Poetry & DramaBook Series: Legends from the Ancient NorthRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Saga of the Volsungs
Title: The Saga of the Volsungs
EAN: 9780141393681
ISBN: 9780141393681
Release Date: 11/07/2013
Release Year: 2013
ISBN-10: 0141393688
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Translator: Jesse Byock
Contributor: Petra Borner (Illustrated by)
Series: Legends from the Ancient North
Book Title: Saga of the Volsungs
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2013
Topic: Fantasy / General, Medieval, Sagas, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, European / Scandinavian
Item Height: 0.4 in
Illustrator: Borner, Petra
Genre: Literary Criticism, Fiction
Item Weight: 4.5 Oz
Author: Jesse L. Byock
Item Length: 7.7 in
Book Series: Legends from the Ancient North Ser.
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
