'why Is Your Axe Bloody?': A Reading of Njals Saga by William Ian Miller

'why Is Your Axe Bloody?': A Reading of Njals Saga

William Ian Miller

336 pages first pub 2014 (view editions)

nonfiction history challenging reflective slow-paced
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Njals saga, the greatest of the sagas of the Icelanders, was written around 1280. It tells the story of a complex feud that starts innocently enough--in a tiff over seating arrangement at a local feast--and expands over the course of 20 years to e...

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