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Jesse L. Byock

Jesse Byock is a professor of Icelandic and Old Norse studies at UCLA. He is the translator of The Saga of the Volsungs and The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki for Penguin Classics.
Viking Age Iceland
The Saga of the Volsungs

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Viking Age Iceland
The Saga of the Volsungs

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