Norwegian Historical Fiction

Bjørn Erliksen lives a peaceful life on Norway’s west coast and has never considered himself anything but a farmer. But when Nazi Germany invades, and his country’s ill-equipped military collapses in less than two months, it falls on him and other ordinary Norwegians to fight back.

Born on the Norwegian island that bears her name, Ingrid Barrøy’s world is circumscribed by storm-scoured rocks and the moods of the sea by which her family lives and dies. But her father dreams of building a quay that will end their isolation, and her mother longs for the island of her youth, and the country faces its own sea change: the advent of a modern world, and all its unpredictability and violence.

A powerful WWII historical fiction novel of vengeance, resilience, and a woman who fights back against Nazi terror in occupied Norway. Vienna, 1938. Esther Weiss’s future is mapped out: a life of promise with her beloved fiancé, Carl Bernstein. But everything shatters when Hitler annexes Austria. The wedding is postponed, her family is targeted, and safety becomes a fading illusion. Forced to flee to Norway, Esther hopes to rebuild—but the reach of Nazi cruelty finds her again. After returning home one day to find her entire family deported, Esther is left with nothing but grief—and ...

Inspired by the true story of the lone Viking who singlehandedly repelled an entire Saxon army: His life, loves, hopes, dreams, fears and the shocking conclusion to this uncommon act of love and valor. On September 25, 1066 the last great Viking battle for England was fought when fifteen thousand Saxons surprised a small contingent of invading Norsemen at Stamford Bridge. The Saxons had the advantage of overwhelming numbers and were well on their way to an easy victory, when... Before the two armies could engage, a lone Viking -- a berserker of emmense stature -- took to the bridge with his...

Home alone one morning, Sheldon witnesses a dispute between the woman who lives upstairs and an aggressive stranger. When events turn dire, Sheldon seizes and shields the neighbor’s young son from the violence, and they flee the scene. As Sheldon and the boy look for a safe haven in an alien world, past and present weave together, forcing them ever forward to a wrenching moment of truth.

Butangen, Norway, the years before WWII: Astrid Hekne has inherited the fighting spirit of her grandmother, who was a protector of the mythic Sister Bells that had once hung in the village’s church. The once-traitorous priest Kai Schweigaard, now in his eighties, is wondering how his death, prophesied in a centuries-old tapestry, will come true. Schweigaard tries to understand the myths about the Night of the Scourge, which, according to old village beliefs, is the night when the known world will fall and the Earth will be scraped down to bare rock. Then Norway is occupied by the Nazis.

My Struggle introduces American listeners to the audacious, addictive, and profoundly surprising international literary sensation that is the provocative and brilliant six-volume autobiographical novel by Karl Ove Knausgaard. It has already been anointed a Proustian masterpiece and is the rare work of dazzling literary originality that is intense and irresistible to hear. Unafraid of the big issues - death, love, art, fear - and yet committed to the intimate details of life as it is lived, My Struggle is an essential work of contemporary literature.

Raider Bride is headed to Tromøy, where Ragnhild hopes to gain Åsa's aid in taking Gausel. But the voyage takes them through perilous waters where enemies lie in wait, and Ragnhild carries a secret that could ruin everything. On Tromøy, an ancient evil wakes and a forgotten enemy gains strength, threatening to destroy all those Åsa loves.

My Men is a harrowing story about an enigmatic historical figure: Brynhilde Belle Gunness, a Norwegian servant girl turned serial killer after emigrating to America in the wake of a hopeless love affair at home. She thought she was following her sister to a better life, but what she found in America was a society ruled by the same rigid moral codes that oppressed her at home. Consumed by desire, and thirsty for the love and recognition she never received during her impoverished formative years, Belle seeks revenge on the world that broke her.

1617. The sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a vicious storm. A young woman, Maren, watches as the men of the island, out fishing, perish in an instant. Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. Absalom Cornet has been summoned to bring the women of the island to heel. With him travels his young wife, Ursa. In her new home, and in Maren, Ursa encounters something she has never seen before: independent women. But where Ursa finds happiness, even love, Absalom sees only a place flooded with a terrible evil, one he must root out at all costs....

An audiobook adaptation of Iben's classic, When We Dead Awaken. First published in 1899 it is a despairing and dream-like play rich in symbolism. This was also Ibsen's final play written at the time of his return to Norway after an extended absence a theme which is also reflected in the plot and it is interesting to speculate how much of Ibsen is contained in the lead character, the sculptor, Rubek, including Ibsen's own relationship with his masterpiece, A Doll's House.

This story tells the gripping adventure of a Viking called Borghild, and a Norwegian forest cat called Whit Freya. They sail to Scotland, the Isle of Man, and then England.

The further adventures of Whit Freya, a Norwegian Forest Cat. Set in 900 AD Whit Freya encounters challenges that she would never have expected! Her Viking companions and her protector Borghild travelled from Norway to Scotland and England and have yet journeys to make and trials to overcome.

I mange år har hertugene av Lynchester og Northallerton slåss om naboeiendommen som de begge mener at de eier. En dag foreslår plutselig hertugen av Northallerton at hertugen av Lynchester skal gifte seg med Caroline, hans eldste datter, slik at de kan begrave stridsøksen og bli venner. Hertugen av Lynchester, som er en rik og populær ungkar, sier ja til dette. Han aner ikke at den nydelige Caroline er forelsket i en annen. Caroline blir fortvilet da hun hører farens forslag. Men Elfa, hennes to år yngre søster, beslutter å ordne opp for Caroline.

Vi møter Alida Shenley, som er grusomt behandlet av sin onkel og tante, hertugparet av Berkhampstead, og som nå følger sin kusine, Lady Mary, til Russland. Kusinen reiser for å gifte seg med prins Vorontski, og de blir ledsaget av tsarens marineminister, grev Ivan Benkendorf, som forelsker seg i Mary. Ombord på skipet møter Alida Mr. Tatkenski, sønn av en revolusjonær som var mishandlet til døde i Sibir. Alidas medfølelse resulterer i at det hemmelige politi får mistanke til henne, men i St.

I Monte Carlo ryker hertugen av Atherstone opp i en voldsom trette med sin elskerinne, Lady Millicent, som ønsker å gifte seg med ham. I raseri forlater han Monte Carlo med kurs for Nord-Afrika. I Alger møter han en gammel venn, den berømte forfatteren Nicholas Vlastov. For å oppmuntre hertugen, som er lut lei av sosietetslivet, tar Nicholas ham med for å besøke slavemarkedet. Blant de europeiske pikene som er til salgs på markedet, er en engelsk pike som desperat håper på en mulighet til å flykte.

Caneda er halvt engelsk og halvt fransk, temperamentsfull og vakker. Da moren flyktet fra sin franske brudgom for å gifte seg med den mannen hun elsket, kuttet de aristokratiske slektningene hennes alle bånd. I mange år har Canedas familie levd stille og tilbaketrukket på landet. Plutselig en dag kommer et brev fra morens familie? Bestemoren inviterer Caneda og broren til slottet i Frankrike. Caneda bestemmer seg for å reise i den hensikt å gi den hovne hertugen av Saumac og resten av morens familie en lærepenge ...

Neoma tenkte, mens hun rotet rundt i skrivebordet, at selv om hun måtte stjele fra sin arrogante vert, så var dette den eneste måten hun kunne redde broren på fra fornedrelse og skam. Det store selskapet som ble holdt hos markien av Rosyth, hadde vært et mareritt bortsett fra møtet med denne kyniske unge mannen. Det var vanskelig å tenke seg at han overhodet hadde vært glad i noen.

Odetta er bare en vanlig prestedatter, og da hun får tilbud om å bli med til Paris som Penelope Walmers kammerpike, aksepterer hun gledesstrålende. Men Odetta blir regnet for bare en vanlig tjener, og får ikke lov til å være med i noen av de strålende selskapene. En natt sniker hun seg likevel ut til et maskeradeball, og her treffer hun den arrogante Jarlen av Houghton. Han har en gang oppført seg skammelig mot hennes foreldre, og nå har Odetta sjansen til å ta hevn. Barbara Cartland (9. juli 1901 - 21. mai 2000) var av 1900-tallet mest kjente, og produktive forfattere.

Etter krigens slutt vender den sjarmerende britiske diplomaten Ian McCraggan tilbake til Skottland for å bli klanens overhode og flytte inn i den gamle slektsborgen, som han har, som han har arvet etter sin grandonkel. Han er fylt av forventning og glede, men han er også svært spent. Det er nemlig femten år siden han var der sist, og mye kan ha hendt på den tiden. Og da han kommer frem, møter det ham også en overraskelse. Han oppdager at en stolt, mørkhåret pike har installert seg i hans forfedres borg.