Eirik the Red's Saga - the Saga of Eric the Red - an Ancient Norse Saga - The Viking Sagas BBC FOUR

This is the Saga of Eirik the Red. This volume is more saga, or fact, than fiction. Despite this being a fact-based saga there is still plenty of action to enthral, for Eirik the Red and his two sons, Thorstein and Leif, were definitely men of action. It charts how his family first came to Iceland, his birth, his removal from Norway, his discovery of Greenland and the birth of his, more famous son Leif. It also gives account for time spent in Vinland (Nova Scotia) and gives account of their interaction with and action defending against the
people they called the Skrœlingar, or, North American Indians. The translators have also supplied the modern geographic names of the area of Nova Scotia where dwellings were built.


This volume also charts some of Leif Eiriksson’s life. Also known as “Leif the Lucky”, he was the second son of Eirik the Red and certainly also displayed the Viking spirit of adventure and exploration. As a young man Leif Ericsson visited Norway, where he converted to Christianity. He was charged with returning to Greenland to convert the populace, but instead sailed further west and is believed to have landed somewhere in Nova Scotia. He spent a year in North America before returning home to Greenland, where he served as governor converting the island to the Christian belief (for a more complete account of Leif’s saga try “The Thrall of Leif the Lucky” also republished by Abela Publishing).


The film The Viking (1928) was based on the life story of Leif and incorporates a good deal of authentic Viking history.

33% of the publisher's profit from the sale of this book will be donated to UNICEF. 

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The Red Fairy Book - A Victorian Children's Classic

This book has been published to raise funds for The Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity.

In buying this book you will be donating to this great charity that does so much good and enables families to stay together in times of crisis. And what better way to help children than to buy a book of fairy tales. Some not seen in print or heard for over a century. 33% of the Publisher's profit from the sale of this book will be donated to the GOSH Children's Charity.

In this volume you will find the story of `Sigurd', the `Pied Piper,' `Drakestail,' `Little Golden Hood', `The Six Sillies', `Jack and the Beanstalk', `Snowdrop', `Rapunzel' and many others.

IN gleaning of the fields of Fairy Land, Andrew Lang hoped that some of the tales in the Red Fairy Book may have the attraction of being as familiar as old friends. The tales have been translated, or adapted, from the originals originally written in old Norse, French, German, Romanian and many other European languages.

What better way to bring a gleam into a child's eye than by reading them a fairy tale. And just when you think you've finished, don't be surprised if you feel a tug at your sleeve and a request for "'nuther fairy tale please" for this is where good always wins over evil, where the Prince always gets his Princess and where the common man is allowed to best Kings.

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