Eiriksdottir : a tale of dreams and luck, a novel / by Joan Clark.
Eiriksdottir : a tale of dreams and luck, a novel / by Joan Clark.
By
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Clark, Joan, 1934-2023.
Publication Date
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1994-1995
Publication Information
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Toronto : Penguin Books,
Physical Description
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418 p.
Subject Term
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Mythology -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
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Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Genre
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Historical fiction.
Summary
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Eiriksdottir is the story of Norsemen who, 1,000 years ago, crossed the treacherous seas to Vinland, a land that became both mythical and real. Their final voyage, led by Freydis Eiriksdottir, the enigmatic daughter of the renegade Eirik the Red, is shrouded in mystery. Of the two ships that set out from Greenland in search of Vinland, why did only one ship return from the fabled new-found land? And what kind of a leader was Freydis? Was she brave and resourceful? Or was she, as the sagas claim, vengeful and cruel?
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780140249507
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | ADULT FIC NL - BASEMENT | Adult Fiction NL - Basement | FIC CLA | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult Fic NL Ref - Cons Rm | Adult Fiction NL Reference - Conservation Room | FIC CLA | NonCirculating |