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June 3rd 1997
(first published 1921)
by UNKNOWN
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Paperback
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8474904439
(isbn13: 9788474904437)
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Read in June, 2002
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My Minneapolis-Scandinavian mother in lawrecommends it for: historical fiction buffs
This series is a wealth of cultural tidbits about Medieval Europe, Norway, Catholic neurosis, native paganism, and it's a gossipy, literate story, too! There were aspects that were very difficult for me to stomach, but I couldn't put the books down. The novels paid off all the way up to the rather shocking but historically appropriate (tragic) ending.
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Read in January, 2003
Lots of children are born. Lots of marital strife occurs. Much like the Emperor Strikes Back, this middle episode of the epic trilogy is a dark and twisty coming of age for the central character, biding time until the cycle reaches it's nadir with the Black Death.
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Alas, I trow, until I reached the last sixty pages naught else but the weight of payment of past sins, which laid so heavily on Kristin Lavernsdatter's thoughts and actions, began to fill my guilty mind too...
Until that is as I finished the last one hundred pages the action of a little political intrigue and treason changed the pace of it all. Now all I want is to pick up the third installment and keep going.
Until that is as I finished the last one hundred pages the action of a little political intrigue and treason changed the pace of it all. Now all I want is to pick up the third installment and keep going.
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Read in February, 2008
I'm obsessed with this author right now. I can't wait for Vol. 3 - "The Cross". I had to weed two copies from this trilogy from N. Regional on Monday and it just about broke my heart; the world is going to the dogs.
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Read in April, 2008
The saga continues, and Kristin enters adulthood. If I were to read it again, I would make more reference to the notes at the back of the book, as the medieval Norwegian politics were difficult to follow.
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These books made the summer of 2002(?) for me. Gorgeous & absorbing. Don't read the older translations -- read Tiina Nunnally's. Lots of marital & political turmoil in this one.
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Read in January, 2007
Enjoyed it too, though maybe not quite as well as the first one. The early Kristin had grown to me and I could really relate to her. maybe it's my age though.
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I forgot to mention in the review of the first book that it's part of a trilogy. Read them all.
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Read in July, 2008
I've read the first one of the series and I have the third, it's just this one that eludes me.
Read in March, 2008
A breathtaking series and quite wonderful reading during Lent. Beautiful!
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Read in January, 2005
complex characters, good story, interesting setting.
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