{"product_id":"the-nibelungenlied-9780140441376","title":"The Nibelungenlied","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautiful, skilfully crafted work of chivalric romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by an unknown author in the twelfth century, this powerful tale of murder and revenge reaches back to the earliest epochs of German antiquity, transforming centuries-old legend into a masterpiece of chivalric drama. Siegfried, a great prince of the Netherlands, wins the hand of the beautiful princess Kriemhild of Burgundy by aiding her brother Gunther in his struggle to seduce a powerful Icelandic Queen. But the two women quarrel, and Siegfried is ultimately destroyed by those he trusts the most.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eComparable in scope to the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e, this skilfully crafted work combines the fragments of half-forgotten myths to create one of the greatest epic poems – the principal version of the heroic legends used by Richard Wagner, in \u003cem\u003eThe Ring\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46533335417068,"sku":"9780140441376","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27301533482237.jpg?v=1749385308","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-nibelungenlied-9780140441376","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}