Flashback Friday: The Long Ships – Review
Röde Orm by Frans G. Bengtsson
Published in 1941 and 1945, first published in English in 1943 as The Long Ships
Michael Meyer translation
Pages: 503
Genre: Adventure saga
“Along the coast the people lived together in villages, partly to be sure of food, that they might not depend entirely on the luck of their own catch, and partly for the greater security; for ships rounding the Skanian peninsula often sent marauding parties ashore, both in the spring, to replenish cheaply their stock of fresh meat for the westward voyage, and in the winter, if they were returning empty-handed from unsuccessful wars.”
The Long Ships is an epic that would feel welcome on a mahogany bookshelf sitting between Beowulf and TheOdyssey. At least, that’s my understanding. I’ve never read Beowulf and it has been years since I read TheOdyssey so I kind of have to take people…
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I never read (Or heard)…I have to check the author.
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Great review too
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Thank you!
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