Axe-Age, Wolf-Age: Selection from the Norse Myths

182 Pages·1985·6.606 MB·English

by  Kevin Crossley-Holland

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AXE-AGE, WOLF-AGE
A selection from the Norse Myths
Retold by
KEVIN CROSSLEY-HOLLAND
Illustrated by
Hannah Firmin
ANDRE DEUTSCH
First published 1985 by
André Deutsch Limited
105 Great Russell Street London WCi
Copyright 1981, 1985 © Kevin Crossley-Holland
Illustrations copyright 1985 © Hannah Firmin
All rights reserved
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
Axe-age, wolf-age
1. Mythology, Norse—Juvenile literature
I. Title II. Firmin, Hannah
293’. 1 3 PZ8.1
ISBN 0-233-97688-4
Typeset in 1 2pt Monotype Joanna
by Merrion Letters
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Printed by Ebenezer Baylis & Son Ltd
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for Katharine Findlay
my god-daughter