The Saga of the Jomsvikings By Lee M. Hollander (Translated by) Cover Image
By Lee M. Hollander (Translated by)
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In A.D. 986, Earl Hákon, ruler of most of Norway, won a triumphant victory over an invading fleet of Danes in the great naval battle of Hjórunga Bay. Sailing under his banner were no fewer than five Icelandic skalds, the poet-historians of the Old Norse world. Two centuries later their accounts of the battle became the basis for one of the liveliest of the Icelandic sagas, with special emphasis on the doings of the Jómsvikings, the famed members of a warrior community that feared no one and dared all. In Lee M. Hollander's faithful translation, all of the unknown twelfth-century author's narrative genius and flair for dramatic situation and pungent characterization is preserved.

About the Author


Lee M. Hollander was professor emeritus of Germanic languages at the University of Texas at Austin and an authority in Nordic language and literature. His translations of the best prose and poetry of the Old North—among them Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway and The Poetic Edda—have also appeared under the imprint of the University of Texas Press.

Product Details
ISBN: 9780292776234
ISBN-10: 0292776233
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication Date: December 1st, 1988
Pages: 116
Language: English