"A book the many fans of Heaney's Beowulf might take home and dip into, almost at random, for years." —Publishers WeeklyMore
The dazzling variety of Anglo-Saxon poetry brought to life by an
all-star cast of contemporary poets in an authoritative bilingual edition.More
More than one hundred glorious images, many of objects dating from the time of the story, enhance Seamus Heaney's masterful best-selling translation.More
Winner of the Whitbread Prize, Seamus Heaney’s translation "accomplishes what before now had seemed impossible: a faithful rendering that is simultaneously an original and gripping poem in its own right" (New York Times Book Review).More
"A faithful rendering that is simultaneously an original and gripping poem in its own right." —New York Times Book ReviewMore