جزییات کتاب
This volume completes the three-volume translation of "Heimskringla" published by the Viking Society. Volume I appeared in 2011, Volume II in 2014. The translation is based on the "Íslenzk fornrit" edition of "Heimskringla" by Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson ("Íslenzk fornrit" XXVI–XXVIII, Hkr I–III). Volume III of the edition and of this translation includes the sagas of Norwegian kings in the period 1030–1177. Page numbers of the edition appear here in square brackets, and internal page references as well as those in the index and introduction are to this edition. The prose has been translated by Anthony Faulkes and the verse by Alison Finlay.
درباره نویسنده
اسنوری استورلوسون (Snorri Sturluson) ادیب، مورخ و سیاستمدار ایسلندی، متولد ۱۱۷۸ و متوفی به تاریخ ۲۳ سپتامبر ۱۲۴۱، سه بار متوالی به عنوان سخنگوی پارلمان ایسلند برگزیده شد.