"Eric Brighteyes" is a romance founded on the Icelandic Sagas. "What is a saga?" "Is it a fable or a true story?" The answer is not altogether simple. For such sagas as those of Burnt Njal and Grettir the Strong partake both of truth and fiction: historians dispute as to the proportions. This was the manner of the saga's growth: In the early days of the Iceland community-that republic of aristocrats-say, between the dates 900 and 1100 of our era, a quarrel would arise between two great families. As in the case of the Njal ...
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"Eric Brighteyes" is a romance founded on the Icelandic Sagas. "What is a saga?" "Is it a fable or a true story?" The answer is not altogether simple. For such sagas as those of Burnt Njal and Grettir the Strong partake both of truth and fiction: historians dispute as to the proportions. This was the manner of the saga's growth: In the early days of the Iceland community-that republic of aristocrats-say, between the dates 900 and 1100 of our era, a quarrel would arise between two great families. As in the case of the Njal Saga, its cause, probably, was the ill doings of some noble woman. This quarrel would lead to manslaughter. Then blood called for blood, and a vendetta was set on foot that ended only with the death by violence of a majority of the actors in the drama and of large numbers of their adherents. In the course of the feud, men of heroic strength and mould would come to the front and perform deeds worthy of the iron age which bore them. Women also would help to fashion the tale, for good or ill, according to their natural gifts and characters. At last the tragedy was covered up by death and time, leaving only a few dinted shields and haunted cairns to tell of those who had played its leading parts.
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Add this copy of Eric Brighteyes to cart. $53.24, good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1893 by Longmans, Green and Co.
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Lancelot Speed. Good. The third edition of this work by H Rider Haggard. With illustrations by Lancelot Speed, a Victorian book illustrator best known for his illustrations of Andrew Lang's fairy stories. Eric Brighteyes is an epic Viking adventure novel set in 10th century Iceland. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart with some rubbing and bumping particularly to spine. Book is cocked. Internally, generally firmly bound although strained in places. Pages generally bright with occasional spot and handling mark. Good.
Add this copy of Eric Brighteyes to cart. $209.00, good condition, Sold by Redux Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wyoming, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1891 by John W. Lovell Company.
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Good. Hardcover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
