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Anglo Saxon Books
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Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 127 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.50 — 345,588 ratings — published 1000
The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.27 — 111,765 ratings — published 2004
The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Stories, #2)
by (shelved 35 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.31 — 61,597 ratings — published 2006
Lords of the North (The Saxon Stories, #3)
by (shelved 31 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.36 — 52,631 ratings — published 2007
Sword Song (The Saxon Stories, #4)
by (shelved 29 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.33 — 45,424 ratings — published 2007
The Burning Land (The Saxon Stories, #5)
by (shelved 28 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.31 — 40,956 ratings — published 2009
The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.07 — 929 ratings — published 1982
Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.83 — 4,883 ratings — published 731
The Anglo Saxon Chronicle (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,160 ratings — published 890
Anglo-Saxon England (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.15 — 372 ratings — published 1943
Death of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #6)
by (shelved 20 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.31 — 33,959 ratings — published 2011
Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell (ebook)
by (shelved 19 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.90 — 11,416 ratings — published 2014
The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England, 400–1066 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.31 — 6,056 ratings — published 2021
The Anglo-Saxons (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.05 — 638 ratings — published 1982
The Pagan Lord (The Saxon Stories, #7)
by (shelved 16 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.37 — 30,727 ratings — published 2013
In Search of the Dark Ages (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,073 ratings — published 1981
Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.87 — 940 ratings — published 893
Æthelstan: The First King of England (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.79 — 334 ratings — published 2011
The Forever Queen (Saxon #2)
by (shelved 14 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.73 — 4,096 ratings — published 2004
Warriors of the Storm (The Saxon Stories, #9)
by (shelved 13 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.42 — 25,539 ratings — published 2015
The Empty Throne (The Saxon Stories, #8)
by (shelved 13 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.39 — 27,953 ratings — published 2014
Grendel (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.69 — 42,417 ratings — published 1971
A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching, #14)
by (shelved 12 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.92 — 237 ratings — published 1894
The Earliest English Poems (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.92 — 746 ratings — published 1966
Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.18 — 975 ratings — published 2022
The Anglo-Saxon World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.16 — 349 ratings — published 2013
The Flame Bearer (The Saxon Stories, #10)
by (shelved 10 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.43 — 24,148 ratings — published 2016
I Am the Chosen King (Saxon #1)
by (shelved 10 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,337 ratings — published 2000
Bloodfeud: Murder and Revenge in Anglo-Saxon England (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.81 — 188 ratings — published 2002
1066: The Year of the Conquest (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,587 ratings — published 1977
Harold: The Last Anglo-Saxon King (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.94 — 224 ratings — published 1997
A Guide to Old English (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.14 — 415 ratings — published 1964
Anglo-Saxon Poetry (Everyman's Library)
by (shelved 9 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.11 — 309 ratings — published 1982
Sword of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #12)
by (shelved 8 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.42 — 17,211 ratings — published 2019
The Serpent Sword (The Bernicia Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,823 ratings — published 2015
Shadow on the Crown (The Emma of Normandy Trilogy #1)
by (shelved 8 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.91 — 6,169 ratings — published 2013
Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.07 — 59 ratings — published 1990
Looking for the Lost Gods of England (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.91 — 176 ratings — published 1994
Queen Emma and the Vikings: A History of Power, Love, and Greed in 11th-Century England (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.81 — 816 ratings — published 2005
War Lord (The Saxon Stories, #13)
by (shelved 7 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.60 — 15,648 ratings — published 2020
Edwin: High King of Britain (The Northumbrian Thrones #1)
by (shelved 7 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.97 — 441 ratings — published 2014
Britain after Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400 to 1070 (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.01 — 494 ratings — published 2010
The Exeter Book Riddles (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.87 — 212 ratings — published 970
The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.96 — 4,033 ratings — published 1983
The Battle of Maldon (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.66 — 479 ratings — published 1090
The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0)
by (shelved 6 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.39 — 133,504 ratings — published 2020
Building Anglo-Saxon England (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.38 — 42 ratings — published
War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11)
by (shelved 6 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.36 — 19,751 ratings — published 2018
Cnut: England's Viking King 1016-35 (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 3.45 — 74 ratings — published 1993
Æthelstan: The Making of England (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as anglo-saxon)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,202 ratings — published 2016
“I’ve always like Medieval literature. As a young girl I read mythologies and Norse legends, that sort of thing. I loved Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. While I was studying at Middle Tennessee State University for doctoral program I came in contact with more ancient literature. I examined older literature more seriously which intrigued and fascinated me very much; I was drawn to it.
For the book I used all my own translations of Beowulf from my doctorate. Culture is contained in language, if you study a language you’ll see bits of culture, because the words are different and you see into the lives of the people. The Anglo-Saxon language touched me very deeply. Some of it is the heroic. Some of it is the melancholy. But there is also honor. You uphold, you fight to the death. Even if you watch movies, like Marvel comic book movies, like Thor: you want the great ones to win. Its even better if they have a fault. But you want the heroic character to win.”
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For the book I used all my own translations of Beowulf from my doctorate. Culture is contained in language, if you study a language you’ll see bits of culture, because the words are different and you see into the lives of the people. The Anglo-Saxon language touched me very deeply. Some of it is the heroic. Some of it is the melancholy. But there is also honor. You uphold, you fight to the death. Even if you watch movies, like Marvel comic book movies, like Thor: you want the great ones to win. Its even better if they have a fault. But you want the heroic character to win.”
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“El hecho es que la participación de un dragón en la epopeya de Beowulf parece disminuirla a nuestro ojos. Creemos en el león como realidad y como símbolo; creemos en el minotauro como símbolo, ya que no como realidad; pero el dragón se el menos afortunado de los animales fabulosos.”
― Literaturas germánicas medievales
― Literaturas germánicas medievales
