Snorri Sturluson was, without compare, the greatest historian of the Middle Ages. His translator, the late Lee M. Hollander, was a noted authority in the field of Old Norse literature.

[Snorri Sturluson] speaks-as almost no other historian ever has spoken-with the authority of a man whose masterful skills would have made him one of the formidable, foremost in any of the events he records. So he saturates even remotely past happenings with a gripping first-hand quality...Hollander's translation is very good, fresh on every page ...Wherever you open the book, the life grips you and you read on.... - Ted Hughes (New York Review of Books) Among the many contibutions to world literature that ancient Iceland has given us, Heimskringla stands out as one of the truly monumental works. Among medieval European histories in the vernacular it has no equal. (Modern Philology)

• IntroductionSnorri's ForewordThe Saga of the Ynglings/Ynglinga sagaThe Saga of HÁlfdan the Black/HÁlfdanar saga SvartaThe Saga of Harald Fairhair/Haralds saga HÁrfagraThe Saga of Hikon the Good/HÁkonar saga GÓÐaThe Saga of Harald Graycloak/Haralds saga GrÁfeldarThe Saga of ÓlÁf Tryggvason/ÓlÁfs saga Tryggvasonar Saint ÓlÁf's Saga/ÓlÁfs saga HelgaThe Saga of MagnÚs the Good/MagnÚs saga ins GÓÐaThe Saga of Harald Sigurtharson (Hardruler)/Haralds saga SigurÐarsonarThe Saga of ÓlÁf the Gentle/ÓlÁfs saga KyrraThe Saga of MagnÚs Barelegs/MagnÚss saga BerfoettsThe Saga of the Sons of MagnÚs/MagnÚssona sagaThe Saga of MagnÚs the Blind and Harald Gilli/MagnÚss saga Blinda ok Harald GillaThe Saga of the Sons of Harald/Haraldssona sagaThe Saga of HÁkon the Broadshouldered/HÁkØnar saga HerthibreithsThe Saga of MagnÚs Erlingsson/MagnÚs saga ErlingssonarIndex