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Egil's Saga (Penguin Classics) by anonymous, Bernard Scudder (translator) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth-century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a morally ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry, and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality. The saga recounts Egil's progression from youthful savagery to mature wisdom as he struggles to avenge his father's exile from Norway, defend his honour against the Norwegian King Erik Bloodaxe, and fight for the English King Athels
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- anonymous, Bernard Scudder (translator)
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780141930527
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Scandinavian, History
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (241 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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