About this episode

This episode explores the story of Gudrun, a beautiful woman in Iceland, and her two suitors while delving into Icelandic family history.

Richard Fidler and Kari Gislason continue their travels across Iceland to tell the ancient Viking sagas; tales of love, war and humanity. This episode tells the story of Gudrun, the most beautiful woman in Iceland and the two men who loved her. Kari and Richard also continue to try and piece together the mysterious and tantalising threads of Kari’s Icelandic family history. 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 sagas
• Icelandic history
• love stories
• family history
• war tales

Keywords

• Gudrun
• Viking sagas
• Iceland
• Richard Fidler
• Kari Gislason
• family history
• love
• war

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harper Collins, ABC Books

Places: Iceland

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