Nancy Marie Brown (born 1960) is an American author, having written five non-fiction books. In The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman, she reconstructed the life of Gudrid (born ca. 980), an Icelandic voyager known through the Vinland sagas. Her book, Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths, a Times Literary Supplement 2012 Book of the Year, concerned Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241), an Icelandic poet, historian and statesman.
Video Title: The Song of the Vikings, Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths with Nancy Marie Brown. Source:
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum. Date Published: April 11, 2013. Description:
Nancy Marie Brown takes us back to medieval Iceland and introduces us to
perhaps the greatest storyteller of the period, Snorri Sturluson. Part
of the Art and Culture Series at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum.
