The Road to Hel

Hilda Roderick Ellis

Published by CUP

About this Item

THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Iceland was the last of the Nordic countries to accept Christianity, and this book is an 'attempt to collect the evidence concerned with one important aspect of Norse heathenism: ideas about the fate of man after death'. Norse literature has strong-minded characters who are forceful in speech and action, and the descriptions are unsurprisingly blunt at times, quoting from the sagas. This is an unusual and fascinating study on a particular angle of Norse Lit. Red cloth-covered boards are rather soiled and the spine faded and with a tiny tear; gilt lettering; binding is good, though book is slightly forward sloping; endpapers with some print/writing upon them; the text has a few pencil marks and even a very few biro ones (p 42), but it is perfectly readable for anyone with a strong stomach.

Seller Inventory # 422665

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Road to Hel
• Publisher: CUP
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good