Heimskringla: Part Two: Sagas of the Norse KingsDent, 1961 - 461 pages |
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... brother 1 was Earl Robert , whose son was William the Bastard , who at that time was duke at Rouen in Normandy ... brother , but the brother of his wife . He was a son of Ælfgar of Mercia , and after 1065 Earl of Northumberland . Godwin ...
... brother 1 was Earl Robert , whose son was William the Bastard , who at that time was duke at Rouen in Normandy ... brother , but the brother of his wife . He was a son of Ælfgar of Mercia , and after 1065 Earl of Northumberland . Godwin ...
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... brother Earl Toste heard of this he took it very ill , as he thought him- self quite as well entitled to be king . " I want , " said he , " that the principal men of the country choose him whom they think best fitted for it . " And ...
... brother Earl Toste heard of this he took it very ill , as he thought him- self quite as well entitled to be king . " I want , " said he , " that the principal men of the country choose him whom they think best fitted for it . " And ...
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... brother , and asked the cause of his melancholy . " It is a great grief , sire , to many to see thee so melancholy ; and we would like to know what has occasioned it , or if perchance thou hast heard any news of great weight ? ” King ...
... brother , and asked the cause of his melancholy . " It is a great grief , sire , to many to see thee so melancholy ; and we would like to know what has occasioned it , or if perchance thou hast heard any news of great weight ? ” King ...
Contents
TRANSLATORS PREFACE I | 1 |
THE YNGLINGA SAGA | 7 |
HALFDAN THE BLACK | 44 |
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