Beowulf

The greatest surviving epic of the Anglo-Saxon world, Beowulf is a thunderous tale of heroism, monsters, and fate. The mighty warrior Beowulf travels to aid the Danish king Hrothgar, whose mead-hall is terrorized by the murderous fiend Grendel. After tearing the monster apart with his bare hands, Beowulf must then face Grendel's vengeful mother in her underwater lair—and decades later, as an aged king, confront a fire-breathing dragon in a final, fatal battle. Translated by Francis B. Gummere, this verse rendering captures the alliterative thunder of the Old English original. A Raven's Gate Classics edition with atmospheric new cover art.