Beowulf

Beowulf is 1,200 years old. It survived wars, fire, neglect, and finally the academy—where it was buried under footnotes, glossaries, and the scholarly apparatus of people who made it their business to explain rather than let readers experience.This version strips all that away.Tom Roxborough's retelling returns Beowulf to what it always was: a story told around a fire. A Geatish warrior named Beo...