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I read the first four before writing mine, especially the golden warrior which was a brilliant tale of the events leading up to the norman conquest and which really inspired me to try my hand at the norse thing. This is the first of many awesome things vigdis does. Being brave doesnt mean you have to try and stop yourself feeling afraid. She hadnt minded so much because shed never figured on making the mansion her permanent home. A half bath connected the bedroom to her office, but in order to shower, she had to make use of a guest bathroom upstairs. More than a decade before writing kristin lavransdatter, the trilogy about 14th century norway that won her the nobel prize, sigrid undset published gunnar s daughter 1909, a brief, swiftly moving tale about a more violent period in her country s history, the saga age.
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