Egil's Saga

Egil''s Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth-century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a morally ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry, and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality. The saga recounts Egil''s progression from youthful savagery to mature wisdom as he struggles to avenge his father''s exile from No...