Lookout: Who are you, strangers? Beowulf: My friend, we are Geats and we come in peace. I am Beowulf and I wish to speak with Hrothgar, your king. Lookout: If you are truly the famous Beowulf then ...

Beowulf emerged scorched and seared —but still no one did anything to preserve what remained. Icelandic Scholar Grimur Jonsson Thorkelin came to London after hearing about the manuscript by ...