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Heimskringla: The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway

c.1230

Snorri Sturluson's sagas of the Norwegian kings, written in Iceland around 1230 and translated by Samuel Laing: from Halfdan the Black and Harald Fairhair through the two Olafs and Harald Hardrada into the twelfth century. History told saga-fashion, with battles, omens, and skaldic verse at every turn.