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The Story of Grettir the Strong, " by Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris, unfolds as an Icelandic saga, chronicling the life and exploits of the legendary hero, Grettir Ásmundarson. Set in medieval Iceland, the narrative strains Grettir's adventure from a skilled and powerful warrior to an outlaw condemned to a life of solitude. Grettir's individual is complicated, embodying both energy and vulnerability. His exploits variety from courageous ...

About the Book Books about Travel in Iceland and Greenland describe travel, tourism and adventures in these north Atlantic islands. Titles include: Journal of a voyage to Greenland, in the year 1821. With graphic illustrations, The Book of the Settlement of Iceland, The Cruise of the Esquimaux, Steam Whaler, to Davis Straits and Baffin Bay, April-October, 1899, and Letters from High Latitudes, Being Some Account of a Voyage in 1856 in the Scho...

The Saga Library - Vol. III Heimskriingla, Vol. I is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. H...

The first of William Morris's great fantastic romances is a translation of the old Norse saga, The House of the Wolfings. Of this tale, The Encyclodedia of Fantasy wrote: "The first step toward the characteristic large-scale fantasies which have had such influence on the genre . . . is The House of the Wolfings. Here the setting is quasi-historical: a European Saxon community is resisting the decadent advances of late Imperial Rome. The roman...