Read by: Crawford Logan
Language: English
Length: 2 hours and 24 minutes
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
Release date: 2006-01-01
The oldest long poem in Old English, written about AD 1,000, Beowulf tells the story of a great warrior of southern Scandinavia, in both youth and maturity. The monster Grendel terrorizes the Scyldings of Hrothgar's Danish Kingdom until Beowulf defeats him. As a result, he has to face her enraged mother. Beowulf dies after a battle against a fierce dragon.