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The Orkneyinga Saga

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This is the history of the Orkneymen, Earls and Odallers of Norwegian extraction who established an Earldom of Norway in the northern isles of Scotland more than a thousand years ago, and whose descendants held sway over the Hebrides and northern mainland Scotland for several centuries.

Commencing with the conquest of the Isles by Harald Harfagri, the Saga relates the subsequent history of the Earldom of Orkney under thelong line of Norse Jarls, and is, for a period of three and a half centuries, the principal authority for the history of northern Scotland.

227 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2002

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Joseph Anderson (1832-1916), was a Keeper of the National Museum of the Antiquaries of Scotland.

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November 15, 2023
Veneilyä, riehumista, taistelua ja hurjia tilanteita. Erittäin mielenkiintoisia, joskin rajuja, ovat nämä muinaiset saagat. Tällaista klassikkoa ei pysty tähdittämään, mutta lukeminen kyllä kannattaa. Se voi tosin olla hidasta, koska henkilöhahmoja on paljon, eivätkä itselle vieraat skandinaaviset nimet välttämättä hahmotu helposti. Antti Tuurin suomennos on erittäin hyvä. Lopun paikannimihakemisto on erinomainen ja ehdotonkin tarinan seuraamiseksi.
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April 4, 2020
Decent saga but this ebook edition is a nightmare to read because it's obviously just a lazy scan with zero effort put into format or OCR correction. Ow my brain!
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December 27, 2021
Saaga kerto0 viikinkien vaiheista noin vuosina 700-1000. Tarinat ovat lopulta aika toisteisia: juodaan, taistellaan, käydään skotlannissa ryöstelemässä ja palataan kotikonnuille juomaan ja tappelemaan.
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