Gwyn Jones (1907–1999)
Author of A History of the Vikings
About the Author
Works by Gwyn Jones
The Norse Atlantic Saga: Being the Norse Voyages of Discovery and Settlement to Iceland, Greenland, and North America (1965) 77 copies
The Green Island 3 copies
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare (special binding in full morocco leather by Hiscox, one of 100 copies) (1960) — Editor — 2 copies
Richard Savage. [A novel.] 2 copies
Visions of the Sleeping Bard 1 copy
Garland of Bays 1 copy
Erik The Red 1 copy
Associated Works
Little reviews anthology — Contributor, some editions — 1 copy
Argosy (UK) [Vol. IV No. 5, June 1943] — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Jones, Gwyn
- Birthdate
- 1907-05-24
- Date of death
- 1999-12-06
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- Wales, UK
- Birthplace
- New Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
- Place of death
- Aberystwyth, Wales, UK
- Places of residence
- Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Aberystwyth, Wales, UK
Cardiff, Wales, UK - Education
- University College, Cardiff, Wales, UK
- Occupations
- historian
novelist
literary critic
translator
professor (welsh and norse) - Relationships
- Jones, Mair (wife)
Rees, Alice (wife) - Organizations
- University College, Cardiff
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth - Awards and honors
- Order of the Falcon (Knight's Cross, 1963|Commander's Cross, 1987)
Commander, Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (1965)
Medal of the Honorable Society of Cymmrodorion (1991)
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- Works
- 33
- Also by
- 13
- Members
- 2,368
- Popularity
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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The first few sagas drag somewhat. They mostly consist of vast genealogies (though apparently the translator Gwyn Jones removed some of the extraneous family-tree parts) and then a drawn out blood feud wherein two families will take it in turns avenging some crime that has long since been forgotten.
Amongst these is Eirik the Red, a saga famous for recording the settling of Greenland and an Icelandic expedition to North America; it's also a pretty good read.
The best saga is saved till last. King Hrolf and his Champions is by far the longest tale in the collection — albeit still only a hundred pages or so. But this is ample time to actually get involved in the story and allow it to build to a fine climax. The final battle in this saga that closes the book is both suitably epic in scale and surprisingly moving. A fine book overall.… (more)