Anglo-Saxon Sagas and Songs

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Christopher Webster

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"Gaed a Wyrd swa hio scel!"

11 months, 3 weeks ago at Jul 1 14:28

Hexenkult

Anglo-Saxon Sagas and Songs by Christopher Webster is a modern collection in which the author weaves his own tales around existing fragments of classic Anglo-Saxon poetry like Widsith, Deor, Waldere, and the Finnsburg fragment. It was better than I thought it was going to be. The author obviously knows his Anglo-Saxon literary history; and with some of his tales (or songs) he even attempts to emul... read more

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Description: This collection of stories and poems covers the period from first wave of migration in c. 449 to the end of Anglo-Saxon England with the Norman Conquest in 1066 and include stories about the most popular Anglo-Saxon heroes and events, such as Hengest, King Alfred, the Battle of Maldon and the Battle of Hastings. They also include mate ... (more)

Manufacturer : EK Press
Release date : 16 March 2011
ISBN-10 : B004SIRYLS |

Short Stories (1), Poetry (1), Fiction (1), Anglo-Saxon (1)

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Hexenkult posted a review 11 months, 3 weeks ago

"Gaed a Wyrd swa hio scel!"

“Anglo-Saxon Sagas and Songs by Christopher Webster is a modern collection in which the author weaves his own tales around existing fragments of classic Anglo-Saxon poetry like Widsith, Deor, Waldere, and the Finnsburg fragment. It was better than I thought it was going to be. The author obviously knows his Anglo-Saxon literary history; and with some of his tales (or songs) he even attempts to emulate the alliterative verse pattern found in classic Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian works such as Beowulf and The Poetic Edda. The contents are as follows:

Skald (a story based on the Finnsburg fragment

Hengest's Last Battle (an epic poem in alliterative verse, based on Layamon's Brut)

Frodo, Dragon Slayer (a story based on an adventure found in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta D” read more

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Scandinavian Mythology/Viking Books (242 books items)

"2011 Christopher Webster Fiction / historical / fantasy / short stories / poetry (A collection of original short stories and poetry based on the Anglo-Saxon epics)"

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