Early Kings of Norway

By Carlyle, Thomas

Book Id: WPLBN0002951426
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Title:	Early Kings of Norway
Author:	Carlyle, Thomas
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non-fiction, Biography, History
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Early Kings of Norway
Historic Publication Date:	1875
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Carlyle, T. (1875). Early Kings of Norway. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

Description
The Icelanders, in their long winter, had a great habit of writing; and were, and still are, excellent in penmanship. It is to this fact, that any little history there is of the Norse Kings and their old tragedies, crimes and heroisms, is almost all due. The Icelanders, it seems, not only made beautiful letters on their paper or parchment, but were laudably observant and desirous of accuracy; and have left us such a collection of narratives (Sagas, literally Says) as, for quantity and quality, is unexampled among rude nations. Snorro Sturleson's History of the Norse Kings is built out of these old Sagas; and has in it a great deal of poetic fire,. . . and deserves to be reckoned among the great history-books of the world. It is from these sources that the following rough notes of the early Norway Kings are hastily thrown together. (Excerpted from Thomas Carlyle's preface by Karen Merline)

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

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Biography, History, Myths/Legends