Heimskringla: Or, the Lives of the Norse Kings by Snorri Sturluson

Heimskringla: Or, the Lives of the Norse Kings

Snorri Sturluson with A.H. Smith (Translator), Erling Monsen (Contributor)

770 pages • first pub 1230 (editions) user-added

nonfiction classics history adventurous informative slow-paced
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Great classic by Icelandic poet/chieftain chronicles the reigns of 16 high kings descended from the warrior-wizard god Odin. Major section on 15-year reign of Olav II Haraldson, patron saint of Norway. Based on earlier histories, oral traditions, ...

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