Hrolf Kraki's Saga
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Hrolf Kraki's Saga

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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 ruleā€”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."

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Publisher
Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Year
2015
ISBN
9781504024396
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Historical Fiction
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. THE HISTORY OF HROLF KRAKI: A Foreword by Poul Anderson
  6. Epigraph
  7. THE SKJOLDUNGS
  8. I. OF THE TELLING
  9. II. THE TALE OF FRODHI
  10. III. THE TALE OF THE BROTHERS
  11. IV. THE TALE OF SVIPDAG
  12. V. THE TALE OF BJARKI
  13. VI. THE TALE OF YRSA
  14. VII. THE TALE OF SKULD
  15. VIII. THE TALE OF VOGG
  16. About the Author
  17. Copyright