Kristin Lavransdatter
Author
1) The wreath
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 305 pages : map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Originally published in Norwegian in 1920 and set in fourteenth-century Norway, The Wreath chronicles the courtship of a headstrong and passionate young woman and a dangerously charming and impetuous man. Undset re-creates the historical backdrop in vivid detail, immersing readers in the day-to-day life, social conventions, and political undercurrents of the period. Her prose combines the sounds and style of Nordic ballads, European courtly poetry,...