Magnus Magnusson - The Icelandic Sagas - 1999

"The Icelandic Sagas" edited by Magnus Magnusson and illustrated by Simon Noyes - Folio Society, London - 1999 deluxe edition in half leather binding - 25cmx18cm - condition: fine copy, in deluxe binding with half calf binding, decorated boards, all plates present, in slipcase

The sagas balance between unrelenting violence and judicious control of rivalries by wise sages, ribald encounters and ferocious battles of revenge amongst a relatively small population a thousand years ago. The sagas are introduced and edited by Magnus Magnusson