The Long Ships: A Saga of the Viking Age
by Bengtsson, Frans G
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- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
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Stockholm: P.A.Norstedt Soner Forlag, 1954. Clean and tight and square with sharp corners. Bright orange boards with gold lettering on the spine. Ninth Impression, 1969. Translated from the Swedish by Michael Meyer. Beautiful maps as end papers. Nice white pages. The dust jacket has a bit of scuffing and color loss along the front flap edge. A light crease along the spine a two small tape repairs. A small crease on the back flap. This jacket has the gray background with the lettering in dark blue and red. Long boats with red sails. The jacket is in new mylar.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Historical Fiction.
Synopsis
Frans G. Bengtsson (1894–1954) was born and raised in the southern Swedish province of Skåne, the son of an estate manager. His early writings, including a doctoral thesis on Geoffrey Chaucer and two volumes of poetry written in what were considered antiquated verse forms, revealed a career-long interest in historical literary modes and themes. Bengtsson was a prolific translator (of Paradise Lost, The Song of Roland , and Walden ), essayist (he published five collections of his writings, mostly on literary and military topics), and biographer (his two-volume biography of Charles XII won the Swedish Academy’s annual prize in 1938). In 1941 he published Roede Orm, sjoefarare i vaesterled ( Red Orm at Home and on the Western Way ), followed, in 1945, by Roede Orm, hemma i oesterled ( Red Orm at Home and on the Eastern Way ). The two books were published in a single volume in the United States and England in 1955 as The Long Ships . During the Second World War, Bengtsson was outspoken in his opposition to the Nazis, refusing to allow for a Norwegian translation of The Long Ships while the country was still under German occupation. He died in 1954 after a long illness. Michael Meyer (1921–2000) was a translator, novelist, biographer, and playwright, best known for his translations of the works of Ibsen and Strindberg. His biography of Ibsen won the Whitbread Prize for Biography in 1971. Michael Chabon is the author of ten books, including T he Mysteries of Pittsburgh, The Wonder Boys, The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Klay, The Yiddish Policeman’s Union , and Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son . He lives in Berkeley, California.
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 050425
- Title
- The Long Ships: A Saga of the Viking Age
- Author
- Bengtsson, Frans G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- P.A.Norstedt Soner Forlag
- Place of Publication
- Stockholm
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Historical Fiction
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