About this episode

This episode explores the story of the Viking warrior Gunnar and his tumultuous love affair with Hallgerd while delving into Iceland's sagas.

Broadcaster and author Richard Fidler, with this friend the writer Kari Gislasen, travel across Iceland to discover the Sagas – the ancient tales of Viking love, war and humanity. This episode tells the story a famous Viking warrior, Gunnar, and his destructive love affair with the most beautiful and dangerous woman in Iceland, Hallgerd. And Richard and Kari have another mission during their time in Iceland: to try and find out if Kari is related the one of the country’s greatest saga writers. Credits: Writers - Richard Fidler and Kari Gislason Producer - Richard Fidler Sound Engineer - Steve Fieldhouse Music composition - Richard Fidler Saga Land is written by Richard Fidler and Kari Gislason, published by Harper Collins/ABC Books, 2018

People in this episode

Host: Richard Fidler

Guest: Kari Gislason

Topics covered

• Viking history
• Icelandic sagas
• love stories
• war
• humanity

Keywords

• Viking
• sagas
• Iceland
• Gunnar
• Hallgerd
• Richard Fidler
• Kari Gislason
• history
• love affair

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harper Collins/ABC Books

Places: Iceland

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