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His king arthur trilogy has been translated into twentytwo languages and has sold more than a million copies. An extraordinary and enthralling illustrated anthology of norse myths from a carnegiemedal winning author. Asgard home of the aesir, midgard home of humans, alfheim home of the elves, vanaheim home of the vanir, jotunheim home of the giants. The norse myths kevin crossleyholland download free ebook. Kevin john william crossleyholland born 7 february 1941 is an english translator, childrens author and poet. Kevin crossley holland writing styles in the norse myths kevin crossley holland this study guide consists of approximately 31 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the norse myths. Many of the norse myths are fragmented or lost and kevin crossley holland does a good job assembling their various pieces into a linear narrative that makes sense. The norse myths by kevin crossleyholland goodreads. In the norse myths, kevin crossley holland gathers together thirtytwo myths important to the scandinavian culture. The norse myths introduced and retold by keven crossleyholland this is a softcover book. Thirtytwo scandinavian myths tell stories of gods, giants, dwarfs, and monsters involved in the creation, development, and ultimate destruction of nine mortal and divine worlds. Publication date 1980 topics mythology, norse publisher new york. Veteran storysmith crossleyholland has presented versions of these extracts from the prose edda before, but here he recasts them into stately retellings that get extra measures of menace and gloom from the heavy shadows and big, indistinct figures that love places on nearly every doublecolumned.
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