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Saga Land

By: Richard Fidler, Kári Gíslason
Narrated by: Richard Fidler, Kári Gíslason
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A gripping blend of family mystery, contemporary stories and the beautiful and bloody Viking tales, set against the starkly stunning landscape of Iceland.

Broadcaster Richard Fidler and author Kari Gíslason are good friends. They share a deep attachment to the sagas of Iceland - the true stories of the first Viking families who settled on that remote island in the Middle Ages.

These are tales of blood feuds, of dangerous women and people who are compelled to kill the ones they love the most. The sagas are among the greatest stories ever written, but the identity of their authors is largely unknown. Together, Richard and Kari travel across Iceland, to the places where the sagas unfolded a thousand years ago. They cross fields, streams and fjords to immerse themselves in the folklore of this fiercely beautiful island. And there is another mission: to resolve a longstanding family mystery - a gift from Kari's Icelandic father that might connect him to the greatest of the saga authors.

©2017 Richard Fidler and Kari Gislason (P)2017 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Adventure Travel Europe Historical Scandinavia Polar Region Viking
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loved this unique book - history. geography. scenery. storytellong at its finest. Now the hatd copy

captivating

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I really enjoyed the way the story moved between the sagas and the personal narrative.

Interesting and entertaining with great narration

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I really enjoyed this dual narrative and learned so much about Iceland's history. Fascinating and spellbinding. what an opportunity to learn about your ancestors!!

Enjoyable personal journey and historial overview

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A very enjoyable tale. A fine story embedded in a layer of traditional sagas and a great insight into the Icelanders’ psyche, past and present.

A saga within a saga

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Knowledge of this book preceded my consumption of it. Saw it on a book shelf in my little hometown book store of Moruya NSW Australia. I downloaded the audio book months ago still to get around to it. A year later I heard Kàri being interviewed on RN (ABC) and the quality of his measured spoken word was over arched by the passion for his personal subject matter and I quickly added the title to my listening. As it turns out I was already a keen Richard Fidler listener and I didn’t realise his name in the title at a glance (what a BONUS)
My Brother intrigued me 5 years ago by visiting Reykjavik. A street mural he photographed there he later purchased a print of - framed and gifted it to my daughters (it is now a feature artwork in our home!)
All the while I’d slowly been gaining ground on making it around to this fantastic labour of love.
1 year ago my surf fanatic father showed me the Ishka Folkwell film set in Iceland “Nordurland”. This gave me visual preloading before taking on Sagaland and I had also acquainted myself with the Norse Saga books by Dr Jackson Crawford (Saga of the Volsungs & his version of The Poetic Edda.

…finally after that long while I find a book that thematically deals with long lineages/ long lost manuscripts/ long nights/ long lost this that and puts an emphasis on patients - we all get there eventually.

Highly recommend this book (and semi nude snow angels!)

Matty

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