The survival of Beowulf is a miracle cloaked in mystery. Written over a thousand years ago in Old English by an unknown poet, the epic lay hidden in a single manuscript—the Nowell Codex—which narrowly escaped destruction in a 1731 fire. Its charred pages bear the scars of time, yet the tale endures. No other copies exist. No definitive author is known. Passed through centuries of war, decay, and neglect, Beowulf defied oblivion. It’s a story of monsters and kings, but also of literary resurrecti