The Saga of Eric Brighteyes (Ed. Tom Shippey - Uppsala Books)

Tom Shippey's new edition of H. Rider Haggard's saga-inspired Eric Brighteyes includes:

- An introduction to the work's literary and historical context

- Extensive annotations on its sources and influences

- Discussions of medieval Scandinavia and J.R.R. Tolkien

- 17 full-page illustrations by Lancelot Speed

Eric Brighteyes, published in 1891, represented a new departure for Rider Haggard, best-known at the time for his novels set in nineteenth-century Africa, such as King Solomon's Mines (1885...