La Saga De Hrolf Kraki
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Author | : Poul Anderson |
Publisher | : Gallimard Education |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2006-02-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9782070306480 |
Il est l'héritier des ténèbres. Son père est mort dans un odieux complot. Son grand-père a péri de la main même de son propre frère... Il est le fils du pouvoir. Dans ses veines coule le sang des Skjoldung, souverains d'un Danemark impitoyable et sauvage. Il est Hrolf Kraki, le plus grand prince danois du Haut Moyen Âge, né d'un amour incestueux, en guerre pour accéder au trône. Voici le récit d'une époque où régnait la magie des runes, où les êtres surnaturels marchaient aux côtés des hommes, où l'Histoire s'appelait Destinée et avait pour couleur celle du sang versé.
Author | : Poul Anderson |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2015-11-24 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1504024397 |
Winner of the British Fantasy Award: The ancient legend of the Danish Viking king is retold in a tale of vengeance, battles, magic, and monsters. In the court of the Anglo-Saxon king, a visiting storyteller regales the assembled nobles with the enthralling tale of her faraway land’s most revered hero: the Viking Hrolf Kraki. Born of an incestuous union into a royal family with a history of violence, jealousy, usurpation, and murder, Hrolf assembled a loyal band of the mightiest champions in the realm and expanded his small kingdom through wisdom, courage, and conquest. Unbeaten on the battlefield, his great deeds and victories became legends throughout the North as he ushered in an era of peace and prosperity. But Hrolf’s desire for vengeance was ever the warrior-king’s driving force, as he sought the truth about his father’s murder. This obsession would threaten Hrolf’s life and his rule—and ultimately bring his great kingdom to ruin. Poul Anderson, one of the acknowledged giants of twentieth-century fantasy, employs his unparalleled storytelling talents to bring Denmark’s great Viking king to life. A saga that predates the stories of King Arthur and his knights and Shakespeare’s Hamlet, while echoing the Oedipus and Beowulf myths, the Norse legend of Hrolf Kraki takes on a new and breathtaking richness in this classic novel the Guardian described as “full of thrills.”
Author | : Poul Anderson |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1973 |
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ISBN | : 9780345235626 |
Author | : Poul Anderson |
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Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 1973 |
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ISBN | : 9780345235626 |
Author | : Jesse L Byock |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2005-06-30 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0141914092 |
Composed in medieval Iceland, Hrolf's Saga is one of the greatest of all mythic-legendary sagas, relating half-fantastical events that were said to have occurred in fifth-century Denmark. It tells of the exploits of King Hrolf and of his famous champions, including Bodvar Bjarki, the 'bear-warrior': a powerful figure whose might and bear-like nature are inspired by the same legendary heritage as Beowulf. Depicting a world of wizards, sorceresses and 'berserker' fighters - originally members of a cult of Odin - this is a compelling tale of ancient magic. A work of timeless power and beauty, it offers both a treasury of Icelandic prose and a masterful gathering of epic, cultic memory, traditional folk tale and myths from the Viking age and far earlier.
Author | : Daniel Ogden |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2021-01-07 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 0198854315 |
Tales of the werewolf are well established as a sub-strand of the popular horror genre; less widely known is how far back in time their provenance lies. This is the first book in any language devoted to the werewolf tales that survive from antiquity, exploring their place alongside witches, ghosts, demons, and soul-flyers in a shared story-world.
Author | : Esaias Tegnér |
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Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1833 |
Genre | : Swedish poetry |
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Author | : Esaias TEGNÉR (Bishop of Wexiö.) |
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Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1833 |
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Author | : Poul Anderson |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2020-10-06 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1504063996 |
“Readers bored with Tolkien-clone fantasies will be enthralled by the intricately detailed world and characters Anderson brings to life here.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review The Grand Master of Science Fiction delivers “a Dark Age saga based on Old Scandinavian mythology and the exploits of the legendary Danish King Hadding . . . A brilliantly accomplished yarn” (Kirkus Reviews). In a scheme arranged by the god Odin, Hadding is born to King Gram Skjoldung of Denmark but is sent to be raised by giants for his own safety. After his father is murdered, Hadding must claim his destiny. Prey to the follies of humans and gods, he rises to the challenges of war, fate, and love in a mythic adventure “episodic in character, gory in detail, fatalistic in atmosphere, and spiked with sinister, chthonic Norse magic” (Interzone). “War of the Gods struck me like a hammer-bolt out of the sky.” —Black Gate Praise for Poul Anderson “Anderson has produced more milestones in contemporary science fiction and fantasy than any one man is entitled to.” —Stephen Donaldson “One of science fiction’s most revered writers.” —USA Today “The great canvas of interstellar space comes alive under Anderson’s hand as it does under no other.” —Gordon R. Dickson “One of science fiction’s most influential and prolific writers.” —The Daily Telegraph
Author | : Theodore Murdock Andersson |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780801444081 |
Andersson introduces readers to the development of the Icelandic sagas between 1180 and 1280, a crucial period that witnessed a gradual shift of emphasis from tales of adventure and personal distinction to the analysis of politics and history.