num_pages: 480
description: 'I adored this book - a wondrous compendium of Iceland's best sagas' - Hannah KentA new friendship. An unforgettable journey. A beautiful and bloody history. This is Iceland as you've never read it before... Broadcaster Richard Fidler and author Kri Gslason are good friends. They share a deep attachment to the sagas of Iceland - the true stories of the first Viking families who settled on that remote island in the Middle Ages. These are tales of blood feuds of dangerous women and people who are compelled to kill the ones they love the most. The sagas are among the greatest stories ever written but the identity of their authors is largely unknown. Together Richard and Kri travel across Iceland to the places where the sagas unfolded a thousand years ago. They cross fields streams and fjords to immerse themselves in the folklore of this fiercely beautiful island. And there is another mission: to resolve a longstanding family mystery - a gift from Kari's Icelandic father that might connect him to the greatest of the saga authors. Praise For Fidler &amp; Gslason.'We already know Fidler is an interviewer of great empathy now we know he mirrors that skill on the page too.' Andrew McMillan The Australian'Kri's descriptions of Iceland are so beautiful that one is tempted to pack up and go there.' Bev Blaauw Cairns Post
language: English
title: Saga Land
publisher: ABC Books