Born in Denmark and raised in Norway, Undset had her first books of historical fiction published in 1907. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.

Sigrid Undset ( - 10 June 1949) was a Danish-born Norwegian novelist. 2nd Printing, 1978 Volume III: The Cross, ISBN: 6-9,, 424, pages, 1st Printing, 1979 stated. Volume I: The Bridal Wreath, ISBN: 6-7,, 343, Pages, 3rd Printing, 1978 Volume II: The Mistress of Husaby, ISBN: 0-6,, 411, pages, Illustrations. With its captivating heroine and emotional potency, Kristin Lavransdatter is the masterwork of Norway's most beloved author?one of the twentieth century's most prodigious and engaged literary minds?and, in Nunnally's exquisite translation, a story that continues to enthrall. 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. But when as a student in a convent school she meets the charming and impetuous Erlend Nikulauss?n, she defies her parents in pursuit of her own desires.

As a young girl, Kristin is deeply devoted to her father, a kind and courageous man. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, Undset immerses readers in the day-to-day life, social conventions, and political and religious undercurrents of the period. 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. Translated into English by Charles Archer and J.S. Spine faded, front hinge weakening, pencil underlining throughout, portions of jacket and newspaper clippings mounted on front and rear endpapers, ink gift note on front endpaper. Volume 111, The Cross, shows Kristin still indomitable, reconstructing her world after the devastation of the Black Death and the loss of almost everything that she has loved. Volume 11, The Mistress of Husaby, tells of Kristin's troubled and eventful married life on the great estate of Husaby, to which her husband has taken her. Volume 1, The Bridal Wreath, describes young Kristin's stormy romance with the dashing Erlend Nikulausson, a young man perhaps overly fond of women, of whom her father strongly disapproves. Its story of a woman's life in fourteenth-century Norway has kept its hold on generations of readers, and the heroine, Kristin beautiful, strong-willed, and passionate stands with the world's great literary figures. 1 9780394752990k 288 pages Vol 11 9780394752938 377 pages Vol 111 9780394752914 416 pages About the book: The acknowledged masterpiece of the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian novelist Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter has never been out of print in this country since its first publication in 1927.

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