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Magnus Magnusson, awarded the Medlicott Medal of the British Historical Association, has published many books on the history of Scotland — biography from Scotland : The Story of a Nation
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Magnus Magnusson edited two books published by The Folio Society, both titled Icelandic Sagas. The first volume was first published in 1999 and illustrated by Simon Noyes. The second volume was first published in 2002 and illustrated by John Vernon Lord. He also edited another book titled Iceland Saga, published by Tempus Publishing in 2005. Please do not combine these three books as they are all different.

Chambers Biographical Dictionary 809 copies, 4 reviews
Scotland : The Story of a Nation 703 copies, 9 reviews
Vikings! 292 copies, 3 reviews
The Icelandic Sagas (Editor) 197 copies, 1 review
Viking: Hammer of the North (Echoes of the ancient world) (Author, some editions) 148 copies, 1 review
Iceland Saga 57 copies, 3 reviews
Viking expansion westwards 35 copies, 1 review
Magnus: On the Move 2 copies, 1 review
Beowulf (Introduction, some editions) 24,430 copies, 329 reviews
Njal's Saga (Translator, some editions) 2,307 copies, 20 reviews
The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America (Editor and Translator, some editions) 965 copies, 16 reviews
Laxdaela Saga (Translator, some editions) 906 copies, 6 reviews
King Harald's Saga: Harald Hardradi of Norway (Translator, some editions) 671 copies, 5 reviews
The Fish Can Sing (Translator, some editions) 616 copies, 21 reviews
Under the Glacier (Translator, some editions) 586 copies, 23 reviews
The Atom Station (Translator, some editions) 394 copies, 13 reviews
World Light (Translator, some editions) 315 copies, 5 reviews
The Vikings : voyagers of discovery and plunder (Foreword) 136 copies, 1 review
The Complete Book of British Birds (Foreword, some editions) 89 copies
Beowulf (Introduction) 50 copies, 2 reviews
The West Highland Way official guide (Foreword, some editions) 6 copies
Hammer and the Cross (The Conversion of the Vikings) (Foreword, some editions) 5 copies, 1 review
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Magnus Magnusson, KBE (12 October 1929 – 7 January 2007) was an Icelandic television presenter, journalist, translator and writer. He was born in Iceland but lived in Scotland for almost all of his life, although he never took British citizenship. He came to prominence as a BBC television journalist, and was best known as the presenter of the BBC television quiz programme Mastermind, which he hosted for 25 years.
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Magnus Magnusson edited two books published by The Folio Society, both titled Icelandic Sagas. The first volume was first published in 1999 and illustrated by Simon Noyes. The second volume was first published in 2002 and illustrated by John Vernon Lord. He also edited another book titled Iceland Saga, published by Tempus Publishing in 2005. Please do not combine these three books as they are all different.

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