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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 Polar Region Viking
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Iceland has a mystical quality to many of us in the Southern Hemisphere. This book has enhanced that mystisism.

Great Story

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More like a radio season this book weaves its way through Kari’s life, Iceland history and culture, and the Sagas. It was an engaging tour? And I enjoyed each part of the whole.

Very engaging

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I was totally captivated by this book. Hearing Kari and Richard read their made it all the more compelling. The book made me smile, and made me cry.

I want to go to Iceland!!

Thoroughly enjoyable and highly recommended.

Captivating

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I had no idea the sagas were stories about real people. Like Richard, I had mistaken them for stories about mystical creatures.
This was a great book, and once again (like with Richard‘s other books) I found myself dreaming about the characters and Iceland and getting immersed in the stories, which are timeless.

Bloody brilliant

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I loved this book. My husband and I have enjoyed Viking series on TV in recent years and it was great to hear the actual history that they had been based on.
The intertwining of Kari's life story and the tracing of his Icelandic family history with Richard was so interesting.
I highly recommend this book.

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