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The Saga of the Volsungs

With the Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok

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The Saga of the Volsungs

By: Jackson Crawford - translator
Narrated by: Jackson Crawford
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From the translator of the best-selling Poetic Edda comes a gripping new rendering of two of the greatest sagas of Old Norse literature.

Together the two sagas recount the story of seven generations of a single legendary heroic family and comprise our best source of traditional lore about its members - including, among others, the dragon slayer Sigurd, Brynhild the Valkyrie, and the Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok.

©2017 Jackson Crawford (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Classics Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Norse Viking Egyptian Mythology Icelandic Sagas Norse Sagas

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the extremely dry academic start took a while to get past but the stories themselves were very compelling, and the history expanded upon was helpful.

academic but enjoyable

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Fantastically presented and a fascinating and easy to listen to translation. Very much recommended.

Excellent presentation and narration.

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Loved it. I found the Poetic Edda quite a dry listen, this in comparison was brilliant.
A great collection of stories and history

Great listen

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Fantastic book and informative on the origins of the work. Albeit shorter than desired and leaves you wanting just a little more.

Fantastic Read!

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This is a great book for both people learning Norse mythology or just curious about the subject.

Amazing Book

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I find this sort of thing fascinating. This somehow missed the mark in terms of delivering the content in a pleasureable way

Detailed and excellent but slow and unenjoyable

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Good foreword explaining the various characters, and a nice narration follows. Recommended whether you have heard any of the sagas before or not.

Very good reading of two sagas

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I don’t think it’s much of an exaggeration to say Jackson has a great voice, deep, resounding, etc. However the story really deserves more emotion. Jackson isn’t a trained voice actor but honestly I enjoyed his going over the cliffnotes of the story more than his actual reading, as in his cliff notes version there much more life in his voice.

Great voice, great story, mediocre execution.

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A very educational and enjoyable read, for any fans of the Vikings series or norse mythology you will absolutely love this. Beautifully translated by Jackson Crawford, Amazing story of heros still remembered over a thousand years later and warriors names are still be recalled to this day. This is only the second English translation of these two sagas to be published in one volume. Crawford's translation of both sagas reads fluently and engagingly. Reading this book has been, for me, a very enjoyable experience, since being an extra on the Vikings series, my love for old Norse mythology and legendary warriors has grown tenfold. This books contains generations of war, family feuds, magic, revenge, murder, the Legendary Ragnar Lothbrok, his sons and fantastic bloody battles. If you’re into Norse stories, you will really enjoy this, I very highly recommend..😁🔥⚔️🗡🪓

Very educational and a brilliant tale.

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So, he killed him took his gold, she killed her took her gold, he then killed her took her gold, but she killed him, then her, and he then killed her, BUT he killed him first. Not to be put down, he killed him then him before she killed him... Then he killed her after she killed him....

anyway at the end everyone is dead and there is a big pile of gold. THE END

good ending

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