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William Morris was plump, unfit and relatively untravelled but his enthusiasm, grit and phenomenal eye for detail sustained him for six weeks in 1871 and a furt

He observes their crops, including the constant presence of angelica in their gardens, though he never finds what it is for. Their kindness, generosity and hosp

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Originally published in 1957. Stefán Einarsson covers almost a thousand years of Icelandic literature in tracing the influence of the sagas and eddic poems. Th