Njal's Saga (The Saga of Burnt Njal)

<p>‘Njal’s Saga’ is rightly famous as one of the most heroic and most poignant of all the Icelandic narratives.  Epic in scale with battles blood-feuds and storm-filled voyages that stretch across the breadth of the Scandinavian World the tale is spiced with strange apparitions ghostly singing and prophetic dreams.  The anonymous author brings to life a variety of compelling personalities: the formidable Gunnar who excels in war yet detests violence the scheming Flosi Gudmund the Powerful and Njal himself gifted with second sight yet unable to save his family from a terrible doom.</p><p>The Saga also treats of more homely matters from family disputes and divided loyalties to farming and failed marriages giving the modern-day reader a broader more nuanced perception of a people we too readily dismiss as axe-wielding bloodthirsty barbarians.</p><p>This Aziloth Books edition includes both an introduction to the tale by its translator Professor Sir George Dasent and a map of Viking Iceland.  </p>