By Lee M. Hollander
In A.D. 986, Earl Hákon, ruler of so much of Norway, received a victorious victory over an invading fleet of Danes within the nice naval conflict of Hjórunga Bay. crusing below his banner have been no fewer than 5 Icelandic skalds, the poet-historians of the previous Norse international. centuries later their bills of the conflict turned the foundation for one of many liveliest of the Icelandic sagas, with exact emphasis at the doings of the Jómsvikings, the famed contributors of a warrior group that feared nobody and dared all. In Lee M. Hollander's trustworthy translation, the entire unknown twelfth-century author's narrative genius and aptitude for dramatic scenario and smelly characterization is preserved.
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