Legend Of Sigurd And Gadrun [Audiobook] (Audio CD)

by Jrr Tolkien (Author)

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Audio CD
Publisher: Harpercollins; Unabridged edition (Sep 29 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0007318820
ISBN-13: 978-0007318827
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“Many years ago, J. R. R. Tolkien composed his own version—now published for the first time—of the great legend of Northern antiquity in two closely related poems to which he gave the titles 'The New Lay of the Völsungs' and 'The New Lay of Gudrún.' In the 'Lay of the Völsungs' is told the ancestry of the great hero Sigurd, the slayer of Fáfnir most celebrated of dragons, whose treasure he took for his own; of his awakening of the Valkyrie Brynhild who slept surrounded by a wall of fire, and of their betrothal; and of his coming to the court of the great princes who were named the Niflungs (or Nibelungs), with whom he entered into blood-brotherhood. In that court there sprang great love but also great hate, brought about by the power of the enchantress, mother of the Niflungs, skilled in the arts of magic, of shape-changing, and potions of forgetfulness. In scenes of dramatic intensity, of confusion of identity, thwarted passion, jealousy, and bitter strife, the tragedy of Sigurd and Brynhild, of Gunnar the Niflung, and of Gudrún his sister, mounts to its end in the murder of Sigurd at the hands of his blood-brothers, the suicide of Brynhild, and the despair of Gudrún. In the 'Lay of Gudrún' her fate after the death of Sigurd is told, her marriage against her will to the mighty Atli, ruler of the Huns (the Attila of history), his murder of her brothers the Niflung lords, and her hideous revenge. Deriving his version primarily from his close study of the ancient poetry of Norway and Iceland known as the Poetic Edda (and where no old poetry exists, from the later prose work the Völsunga Saga), J. R. R. Tolkien employed a verse-form of short stanzas whose lines embody in English the exacting alliterative rhythms and the concentrated energy of the poems of the Edda.” —Christopher Tolkien

About the Author

J. R. R. Tolkien is best known as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. His books have sold more than 150 million copies in more than 40 languages worldwide. Christopher Tolkien, who edited his father’s book for publication, will read his own insightful introduction to the work. Appointed by J. R. R. Tolkien to be his literary executor, he has devoted himself to the publication of his father’s unpublished writings, notably The History of Middle-earth and The Silmarillion. Brian Cox is a BAFTA– and Emmy Award–winning and Golden Globe–nominated actor who has appeared in The Bourne Supremacy, Braveheart, Deadwood, L.I.E., and Rob Roy.

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