Laxdaela Saga
Book description
Written around 1245 by an unknown author, the Laxdaela Saga is an extraordinary tale of conflicting kinships and passionate love, and one of the most compelling works of Icelandic literature. Covering 150 years in the lives of the inhabitants of the community of Laxriverdale, the saga focuses primarily upon the…
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One of the great Viking sagas, and supposedly written by a woman or a group of women.
Certainly it has a female focus and features one of the great complicated heroines – Gudrun Osvif’s-daughter. Essentially a tale depicting the settlement of an Icelandic valley, Gudrun with her various men and how she manages her life including how she accidentally destroys the life of the man she loves best.
One of the substories revolves around a Viking princess, taken as a slave, and how she manages to carve a new life for herself, finding love in the process.
From Michelle's list on Viking romances to escape into on a rainy afternoon.
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