The Medievalists.net Monthly Book Selection for April is The Tale of Thorstein Staff Struck, edited and translated by Jesse Byock and Randall Gordon.
The Tale of Thorstein Staff Struck is a short saga set in Iceland’s East Fjords during the 10th-century Viking Age. Thorstein, a peaceful young man, is forced to live with the humiliating nickname “staff struck.” Even Thorstein’s father, an old Viking, looks down on his son as a coward. But Thorstein is no coward – he is only waiting for the right moment to take revenge.
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The Medievalists.net Monthly Book Selection for April is The Tale of Thorstein Staff Struck, edited and translated by Jesse Byock and Randall Gordon.
The Tale of Thorstein Staff Struck is a short saga set in Iceland’s East Fjords during the 10th-century Viking Age. Thorstein, a peaceful young man, is forced to live with the humiliating nickname “staff struck.” Even Thorstein’s father, an old Viking, looks down on his son as a coward. But Thorstein is no coward – he is only waiting for the right moment to take revenge.
Sign up to the Medievalists.net Monthly Book Selection tier before the end of April and we will have Amazon send you a copy. Click here to join our Patreon.
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