{"product_id":"elder-edda-1","title":"Elder Edda","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of a new series \u003ci\u003eLegends from the Ancient North\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Elder Edda \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the classic books that influenced JRR Tolkien''s \u003ci\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''I was in the East, battling giants,\u003cbr\u003ewicked-hearted women, who wandered the fells;\u003cbr\u003egreat would be the giant-race, if they all lived: \u003cbr\u003emankind would be nothing under, middle-earth. \u003cbr\u003eWhat did you do meantime, Grey-beard?''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJ.R.R. Tolkien spent much of his life studying, translating and teaching the great epic stories of northern Europe, filled with heroes, dragons, trolls, dwarves and magic. He was hugely influential for his advocacy of \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e as a great work of literature and, even if he had never written \u003ci\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\/i\u003e and The \u003ci\u003eLord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e, would be recognised today as a significant figure in the rediscovery of these extraordinary tales.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLegends from the Ancient North brings together from Penguin Classics five of the key works behind Tolkien''s fiction.They are startling, brutal, strange pieces of writing, with an elemental power brilliantly preserved in these translations.They plunge the reader into a world of treachery, quests, chivalry, trials of strength.They are the most ancient narratives that exist from northern Europe and bring us as near as we will ever get to the origins of the magical landscape of Middle-earth (Midgard) which Tolkien remade in the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319899955582,"sku":"NW9780141393728","price":11.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141393728.jpg?v=1778699347","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/elder-edda-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}