Mistress Of Husaby, The
by Undset, Sigrid
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Book: Good
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In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong woman. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, Undset immerses readers in the day-to-day life, social conventions, and political and religious undercurrents of the period. Now in one volume, Tiina Nunnally's award-winning definitive translation brings this remarkable work to life with clarity and lyrical beauty.As a young girl, Kristin is deeply devoted to her father, a kind and courageous man. But when as a student in a convent school she meets the charming and impetuous Erlend Nikulausson, she defies her parents in pursuit of her own desires. Her saga continues through her marriage to Erlend, their tumultuous life together raising seven sons as Erlend seeks to strengthen his political influence, and finally their estrangement as the world around them tumbles into uncertainty.
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- Blue Awning Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62583
- Title
- Mistress Of Husaby, The
- Author
- Undset, Sigrid
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book: Good
- Edition
- 4th ptg.
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8vo.
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