 | Sturluson: Edda (Everyman)
Buy new: £4.71 / Used from: £2.10 The most extensive account of the norse myths and very readable.
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 | The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer (Penguin Classics) by none
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £8.52 The story of Sigurd the dragon-slayer. Full of sorcery and mythology. Probably the best of all the sagas.
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 | Egil's Saga (Classics) by P. Edwards
Buy used from: £0.67 Egil committed his first murder at the age of six and his grandfather was a werewolf. Need I say more?
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 | Njal's Saga (Classics)
Buy used from: £0.77 The tragic story of a man who tried to help others but got burned to death in his house.
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 | King Harald's Saga: Harald Hardradi of Norway from Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla (Classics) by Snorri Sturluson
Buy new: £5.48 / Used from: £0.01 Part of Sturluson's History of the Kings of Norway (Heimskringla). Tells the story of the battle of Hastings.
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 | Eirik the Red and other Icelandic Sagas (Oxford World's Classics)
Buy used from: £2.34 Some brilliant stories including Hrafnkel's saga and Gunnlaug Wormtongue. One of the best introductions to the sagas.
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 | The Nibelungenlied (Penguin Classics) by none
Buy new: £7.66 / Used from: £0.53 The main source for Wagner's 'The Ring', Very similar to the Volsung story. Very readable translation.
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 | Three Icelandic Outlaw Sagas: "The Saga of Gisli", "The Saga of Grettir", "The Saga of Hord"
Buy used from: £5.39 Three excellent Icelandic outlaw sagas with plenty of monsters and magic. Some classic trolls in Grettir's saga.
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 | Hereward of the Fens: The Battle of Ely and Involment of Peterborough and Ely Monasteries by Trevor A. Bevis
Buy used from: £2.18 A story of the final struggle between William the Conqueror and the Anglo-Saxons led by Hereward of the Fens. Very readable but rare.
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 | Laxdaela Saga (Classics)
Buy used from: £0.01 One of the best tragic/romantic icelandic sagas.
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 | Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
Buy new: £21.84 / Used from: £17.62 Snorri's history of the kings of Norway is essential for anyone interested in norse literature.
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 | Alfred the Great: Asser's "Life of King Alfred" and Other Contemporary Sources (Classics) by Asser
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £1.04 Asser tells about the activities of King Alfred and how he defended England against viking invasions.
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 | Beowulf (Manchester medieval studies)
Buy new: £7.56 / Used from: £4.71 The oldest example of vernacular literature in Europe.
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 | Don Quijote De La Mancha: 1 (Biblioteca De Autor / Author Library) by Miguel de Cervantes
Buy new: £19.95 / Used from: £11.08 First part of classic spanish spoof of knight-errantry. Must be read in original language to be appreciated. Read 'Amadis de Gaula' first.
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 | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo by J. R. R. Tolkien
Buy used from: £0.01 If you don't have time for Middle English, this translation is the best.
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 | The Kalevala: Or the Land of Heroes (Oxford World's Classics) by Elias Lönnrot
Buy used from: £7.18 Finnish creation mythology in verse translation.
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 | Saxo Grammaticus: The History of the Danes, Books I-IX: I. English Text; II. Commentary: Bks.1-9 by Hilda Ellis Davidson
Buy new: £23.25 / Used from: £53.30 English translation of Saxo Grammaticus' latin history of the Danes. This is full of trolls and dragons and other mythological beasts. There's also an unusual version of the death of Balder.
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 | Poema De Mio Cid by Anonimo
Buy new: £13.00 / Used from: £9.00 13th Century spanish poem recounting the deeds of legendary hero The Cid.
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 | The Poem of the Cid (Classics) by none
Buy new: £8.09 / Used from: £0.30 If your Spanish isn't up to the archaic original then this bilingual edition with parallel text will be helpful.
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 | The Mabinogion (Everyman)
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £0.01 Celtic stories from 11th century and earlier, including one of the first appearances of Arthur.
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 | The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
Buy used from: £40.00 A fascinating chronicle of Anglo-Saxon Britain before the Norman invasion. Ends with the death of king Stephen. This is not the easiest edition to use because of the layout
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 | Lawman : Brut (Everyman's Library) by Rosamund Allen
Buy used from: £34.95 Verse translation of the earliest British myths; ultimately based on Geoffrey of Monmouth's latin version.
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 | Orlando Furioso (Oxford World's Classics) by Ludovico Ariosto
Buy used from: £4.50 Chivalric legends of Charlemagne and the saxon invasion of France.
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 | The Conquest of New Spain (Classics) by Bernal Diaz del Castillo
Buy new: £7.65 / Used from: £0.93 Brilliant and compelling eyewitness account of Hernan Cortes' conquest of Mexico.
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 | Canterbury Tales (Everyman's Library classics) by Geoffrey Chaucer
Buy new: £10.49 / Used from: £4.65 Read them in middle english to get full impact of these brilliantly witty poetic tales.
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