Books like Gunnar's Daughter
In Iceland and Norway around the year 1000, Vigdis Gunnarsdatter is raped by the young Norwegian Ljot, raises the son she bears alone, and nurses her vengeance.
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Kristin Lavransdatter
In fourteenth-century Norway, a farmer's daughter defies her father to marry the charming, reckless knight she loves and lives out the long consequences of that choice.
The Axe
In thirteenth-century Norway, Olav Audunssøn and Ingunn, raised together and betrothed as children, give in to each other before the marriage is settled, and blood is shed over it.
The Fall of the King
In sixteenth-century Denmark, Mikkel Thøgersen, a restless student, is drawn into the service of King Christian II, and into the wars, cruelties and decline of his reign.
Wayward Heroes
In the eleventh century, two Icelandic sworn brothers, Þorgeir, who lives for battle, and Þormóður, a poet, set out to win glory in the style of the old sagas.
The Treasure
In the sixteenth century, mercenaries murder Herr Arne and his household for his silver; the only survivor, a girl named Elsalill, meets a charming Scottish officer in a frozen harbour town.
The Knights of the Cross
Around 1400, the young Polish knight Zbyszko of Bogdaniec vows to win three peacock plumes from the helmets of the Teutonic Knights for Danusia, and his oath draws him into the long war with the Order.
The Last Kingdom
Uhtred, the young heir to the Northumbrian fortress of Bebbanburg, is captured by Danish invaders in the ninth century and raised as one of them, until war forces him to choose between the Danes he loves and Alfred of Wessex, the last Saxon king standing.
Salka Valka
Salka Valka arrives as a little girl with her destitute mother in an Icelandic fishing village, where she grows up tough, poor and in thrall to the merchant who owns everything.
The Moon Is Down
An invading army takes a small coastal mining town in an unnamed northern country almost without a shot, and its colonel tries to run it peacefully through the town's mayor.
The Thief and the Dogs
Said Mahran walks out of a Cairo prison determined to take revenge on his wife, who left him for his accomplice, and on the mentor who betrayed his ideals.
The Pillars of the Earth
A master builder in twelfth-century England devotes his life to constructing a cathedral, and the project spans decades of war, famine, and political intrigue.
Burial Rites
In northern Iceland in 1829, Agnes Magnúsdóttir, condemned to death for murder, is sent to wait out the winter on a district officer's farm, where the family that resents her slowly begins to hear her side.