{"product_id":"the-saga-of-the-volsungs","title":"The Saga of the Volsungs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e Reissue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePenguin Books\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 29-10-2013\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780141393681\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Part of a new series Legends from the Ancient North, The Saga of the Volsungs is one of the classic books that influenced JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'They summoned their friends, readied\u003cbr\u003e\ntheir horses, and prepared their helmets,\u003cbr\u003e\nshields, swords, coats of mail'\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nJ.R.R. Tolkien spent much of his life studying, translating and teaching the great epic stories of northern Europe, filled with heroes, dragons, trolls, dwarves and magic. He was hugely influential for his advocacy of Beowulf as a great work of literature and, even if he had never written The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, would be recognised today as a significant figure in the rediscovery of these extraordinary tales.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nLegends from the Ancient North brings together from Penguin Classics five of the key works behind Tolkien's fiction.They are startling, brutal, strange pieces of writing, with an elemental power brilliantly preserved in these translations.They plunge the reader into a world of treachery, quests, chivalry, trials of strength.They are the most ancient narratives that exist from northern Europe and bring us as near as we will ever get to the origins of the magical landscape of Middle-earth (Midgard) which Tolkien remade in the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780141393681\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English, Old Norse\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66562748875056,"sku":"Trans_9780141393681","price":636.94,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/919jQIoochL.jpg?v=1776483329","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/the-saga-of-the-volsungs","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}