Limited to 130 numbered copies. A medieval political murder. In 1117, Magnus Erlendson, Earl of Orkney went to the island of Egilsay to arrange peace terms with Earl Hakon Paulson, his opponent, cousin, and co-ruler, Hakon, however, sought political resolution by another method. Poems "written...in the summer of 1987 to commemorate the 850th anniversary of the consecration of St. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall" preface . The author states that he tried "to imagine what is left out of the great story: the thoughts of the island men and women, and of the priest, and of two wandering folk...and of the great earl" introduction . Decorations by Rosemary Roberts. Prospectus loosely inserted. 36 pages. loose sheets laid in.. two-tone cloth.
Used availability for George Mackay Brown's Tryst On Egilsay