The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun by J R R Tolkien

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The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun by J R R Tolkien

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The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun by J R R Tolkien

Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version of the great legend of Northern antiquity, recounted here in The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun. In the Lay of the Volsungs is told the ancestry of the great hero Sigurd, the slayer of Fafnir, most celebrated of dragons; of his awakening of the Valkyrie Brynhild, who slept surrounded by a wall of fire, and of their betrothal; and of his coming to the court of the great princes who were named the Niflungs (or Nibelungs), with whom he entered into blood-brotherhood. In scenes of dramatic intensity, of confusion of identity, thwarted passion, jealousy, and bitter strife, the tragedy of Sigurd and Brynhild, of Gunnar the Niflung and Gudrun his sister, mounts to its end in the murder of Sigurd, the suicide of Brynhild, and the despair of Gudrun. The Lay of Gudrun recounts her fate after the death of Sigurd, her marriage against her will to the mighty Atli, ruler of the Huns (the Attila of history), his murder of her brothers, and her hideous revenge.

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ISBN 13 9780547273426
ISBN 10 0547273428
Title The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun
Author J R R Tolkien
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Houghton Mifflin
Year published 2009-05-05
Number of pages 377
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.