Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Legend of Sigurd and GudrúnCondition: NewEAN: 9780007317240ISBN: 9780007317240Publisher: HarperCollinsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/01/2010Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Width: 24mmItem Weight: 270gAuthor: J. R. R. TolkienContributor: Christopher Tolkien (Edited by)Language: EnglishDescription: The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the epic story of the Norse hero, Sigurd, the dragon-slayer, the revenge of his wife, Gudrún, and the Fall of the Nibelungs. In the Lay of the Völsungs is told the ancestry of the great hero Sigurd, the slayer of Fáfnir most celebrated of dragons, whose treasure he took for his own; 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 that court there sprang great love but also great hate, brought about by the power of the enchantress, mother of the Niflungs, skilled in the arts of magic, of shape-changing and potions of forgetfulness. 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 Gudrún his sister, mounts to its end in the murder of Sigurd at the hands of his blood-brothers, the suicide of Brynhild, and the despair of Gudrún. In the Lay of Gudrún her fate after the death of Sigurd is told, her marriage against her will to the mighty Atli, ruler of the Huns (the Attila of history), his murder of her brothers the Niflung lords, and her hideous revenge.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: FictionTopic: Fantasy, Poetry & DramaRelease Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
Publication Name: The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
Title: The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
EAN: 9780007317240
ISBN: 9780007317240
Publisher: HarperCollins
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 04/01/2010
Release Year: 2010
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 129mm
Item Width: 24mm
Item Weight: 270g
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
Contributor: Christopher Tolkien (Edited by)
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Fiction
Topic: Poetry & Drama
