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Faroe-Islander saga : a new English translation / (translated by) Robert K. Painter.
Van Pelt Library PT7281.F3 E57 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Færeyinga saga. English
- Language:
- English
- Old Norse
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Faroe Islands--History.
- Faroe Islands.
- Sigmundr Brestisson, -1002.
- Sigmundr Brestisson.
- Þrándr Þorbjarnarson, active 10th century.
- Þrándr Þorbjarnarson.
- Sagas--Translations into English.
- Sagas.
- Faroe Islands Region.
- Genre:
- History.
- Translations.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 160 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- Summary:
- "This new English translation tells the story of the first settlers on these wind-swept islands at the edge of the Scandinavian world. The translation is accompanied by a brief introduction, explanatory notes, genealogical and chronological tables, detailed maps and an excerpt from Jomsvikings' Saga which informs missing passages from the Faroe-Islander Saga manuscripts"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Translated from the Old Icelandic.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781476663661
- 1476663661
- OCLC:
- 917343522
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