Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths

Much like Greek and Roman mythology Norse myths are still with us. Famous storytellers from JRR Tolkien to Neil Gaiman have drawn their inspiration from the long-haired mead-drinking marauding and pillaging Vikings. Their creator is a thirteenth-century Icelandic chieftain by the name of Snorri Sturluson. Like Homer Snorri was a bard writing down and embellishing the folklore and pagan legends of medieval Scandinavia. Unlike Homer Snorri was a man of the worlda wily political power player one of the richest men in Iceland who came close to ruling it and even closer to betraying it In Song of the Vikings award-winning author Nancy Marie Brown brings Snorri Sturlusons story to life in a richly textured narrative that draws on newly available sources.