The Ring-Givers
Penguin Main Series 1616. 1st Edition, published 1961.
The Ring Givers were rulers of the Heroic Age, and this novel tells excitingly the story of one of the most splendid and terrible periods of history, when the remote forbears of the English were still largely in Scandinavia or North West Europe, although the invasion of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes had already started. This is the story of a man who may or may not have existed, Beowulf the Great, known as the hero of the greatest of all Old English epics but whose deeds are here combined with those of Rolf Karaki and other figures of the 6th Century.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Wear to spine ends. Damage to top left corner of front cover. Some foxing and light creases to both covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series 1616. 1st Edition, published 1961.
The Ring Givers were rulers of the Heroic Age, and this novel tells excitingly the story of one of the most splendid and terrible periods of history, when the remote forbears of the English were still largely in Scandinavia or North West Europe, although the invasion of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes had already started. This is the story of a man who may or may not have existed, Beowulf the Great, known as the hero of the greatest of all Old English epics but whose deeds are here combined with those of Rolf Karaki and other figures of the 6th Century.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Wear to spine ends. Damage to top left corner of front cover. Some foxing and light creases to both covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series 1616. 1st Edition, published 1961.
The Ring Givers were rulers of the Heroic Age, and this novel tells excitingly the story of one of the most splendid and terrible periods of history, when the remote forbears of the English were still largely in Scandinavia or North West Europe, although the invasion of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes had already started. This is the story of a man who may or may not have existed, Beowulf the Great, known as the hero of the greatest of all Old English epics but whose deeds are here combined with those of Rolf Karaki and other figures of the 6th Century.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Wear to spine ends. Damage to top left corner of front cover. Some foxing and light creases to both covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
