Penguin Classics Laxdaela Saga

Composed in 13th century Iceland while the rest of Europe was in the full flower of the Age of Chivalry, this saga records a land caught between the demands of colonisation and the philosophical demands of early Christianity. The Laxdaela Saga chronicles 150 of  Iceland's formative years and includes the tale of Gudrun Osvif's daughter, one of the greatest yet least known heroines of world literature. Translated by the seasoned team of Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Palsson, this Penguin Classic provides the definitive translation of this medieval epic.

Of all the major Icelandic sagas, Laxdæla Saga has always stirred the European imagination the most profoundly.

Composed by an unknown author (c. 1245) at a time when the Age of Chivalry was in its fullest flower in continental Europe, Laxdæla Saga is a dynastic chronicle that sweeps from generation to generation across 150 years of Iceland's early history. It is best known for the story of Gudrun Osvif's daughter, the imperious beauty forced to marry her lover's best friend, who is enshrined forever in the gallery of great tragi-romantic heroines of world literature.

Laxdæla Saga, the record of a land caught between the pioneering demands of settlement and the intellectual rigours of Christianity, bestows dignity and grandeur on this nation's past.

Book cover design may vary.

Of all the major Icelandic sagas, Laxdæla Saga has always stirred the European imagination the most profoundly.

Composed by an unknown author (c. 1245) at a time when the Age of Chivalry was in its fullest flower in continental Europe, Laxdæla Saga is a dynastic chronicle that sweeps from generation to generation across 150 years of Iceland's early history. It is best known for the story of Gudrun Osvif's daughter, the imperious beauty forced to marry her lover's best friend, who is enshrined forever in the gallery of great tragi-romantic heroines of world literature.

Laxdæla Saga, the record of a land caught between the pioneering demands of settlement and the intellectual rigours of Christianity, bestows dignity and grandeur on this nation's past.

Book cover design may vary.

Of all the major Icelandic sagas, Laxdæla Saga has always stirred the European imagination the most profoundly.

Composed by an unknown author (c. 1245) at a time when the Age of Chivalry was in its fullest flower in continental Europe, Laxdæla Saga is a dynastic chronicle that sweeps from generation to generation across 150 years of Iceland's early history. It is best known for the story of Gudrun Osvif's daughter, the imperious beauty forced to marry her lover's best friend, who is enshrined forever in the gallery of great tragi-romantic heroines of world literature.

Laxdæla Saga, the record of a land caught between the pioneering demands of settlement and the intellectual rigours of Christianity, bestows dignity and grandeur on this nation's past.

Book cover design may vary.