Beowulf & Grendel
Subtitle: The Truth Behind England's Oldest Legend
Publisher: Watkins
Published: July 28, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781842931530
Subjects: Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval; Poetry; Social Science; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Anglo-Saxon; Sociology; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; BG-REFERENCE - BG-REFERENCE; Body, Mind & Spirit / Reference; History / Great Britain; Folklore & Mythology; Anglo-Saxons; England; Legends; Mythology, Anglo-Saxon; Rites and ceremonies
First sentence: THE MODERN-DAY descendants of the Old English have little or no knowledge as to their own origins.