Styrbjörn lindow
Rate this book. This novel is about the semi-legendary Viking prince from the 10th century. As powerful in body and winning in personality as he was, his haughty disregard of others, especially the thralls he and his uncle ruled over, brought unnecessary suffering and death to hordes. It is full of the north, of the ways of the Swedes at the end of the first millennium, of the Danes, the intermingled Icelanders, Jutlanders and Jomsburgers, and all their viking ways.
This book tells the life of Styrbjorn, the great Viking of Jomsborg, heir to the Swedish throne and known for his huge size and his animal aggressiveness. Eddison 20 books followers. The characters of the protagonists are flat and the reader cannot identify the passionate vein that cannot be missing in the Viking sagas. The Books Blender.
I didn't even get a thrill and the prose also seemed pretty poor to me. Non che me lo aspettassi. Search review text. Instead, the narrative is propulsed by the words and even more the deeds of the characters. Loading interface About the author. Henry Sturcke.
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The adventures make a good tale, but the final chapter gave me pause. Want to read. Language & Literature. È più che altro simile a una saga nordica e ne ha tutta la poesia. I was drawn to this book by reading the reviews and knowing that it was the first time that the life of Styrbjorn Olafsson, written in by Eric Rucker Eddison, member of the glorious Viking Society for Northern Reasearch, was translated into Italian. I give 3 stars only because giving 2 would be too unkind.
Eric Rücker Eddison was an English civil servant and author, writing under the name "E. In keeping with the saga tradition, there is little interior reflection, and almost no intrusion of an omniscient author. Genealogy for Styrbjörn Max-Vilhelm Reinhold Alexander Ragnarsson Lindow ( - ) family tree on Geni, with over million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Styrbiorn the Strong tells the grand tale of Styrbiorn Olafsson, heir to the Swedish throne and known both for his impressive size and strength and his unruly.
It ends in Valhalla itself. The premises of a great book were therefore all there, but I must admit I was a little disappointed. Prima di tutto credo che sia doveroso specificare che questo non è scritto come un romanzo storico. Community Reviews. Non conoscevo la vicenda prima di tuffarmi in questo libro so meno di quanto vorrei di storia evenemenziale scandinava , e comunque ha del leggendario, ma sono rimasta stregata dal modo in cui è stata trasposta.
Una storia che parla di conquiste. I think the ending does not deliver actually what it suggests, but the suggestion was enough for me. Throughout the book I have been waiting for this epic battle but unfortunately I have found nothing epic. Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book! Denied his birthright and exiled from Sweden, Styrbiorn becomes the leader of the Jomsvikings and sets out to reclaim the Swedish throne in the epic Battle of Fýrisvellir.
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Styrbjörn the Strong: Viking chieftain or literary creation?
Joel Zartman. Styrbiorn the Strong. Displaying 1 - 18 of 18 reviews. Styrbjorn, after various events, becomes leader of the Vikings of Jomsborg and attempts to take the Swedish throne in the epic battle of Fyrisvellir. Jump to ratings and reviews. Despite the lack of authorial editorializing, the events recounted were enough to establish the character of the hero as badly-flawed. This novel is in the archaic style and with archaic language to Eddison none compares for sustained and glorious usage of archaic diction—I must have read most of the book aloud, it is just hard not to listen to it , is taken from some scraps of history in the sagas, and reconstructs the story of the central figure.
I don't mean that Eddison is a poor writer, but the description of the battle that should be the focus of this book is very poor indeed. If you love tales of the lands on the shores of the North Atlantic of old then here is a satisfying one: Styrbiorn the Strong by E. It was his first novel, apparently, and he himself was dissatisfied with the way it ended, though I was not. Write a Review.