The sea road : a novel / Margaret Elphinstone.
The sea road : a novel / Margaret Elphinstone.
By
:
Elphinstone, Margaret.
Publication Date
:
2001
Publication Information
:
Edinburgh : Canongate,
Physical Description
:
244 p.
Subject Term
:
Vikings -- Fiction.
Discoveries in geography -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
North Atlantic Region -- Discovery and exploration -- Norse -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Historical fiction.
Summary
:
A haunting and compelling historical novel, The Sea Road is an ambitious retelling of the Viking exploration of the North Atlantic from the view-point of one extraordinary woman, as transcribed by an Icelandic monk commissioned to write her life story by his superiors in Rome.Gudrid lives at the remote edge of the known world, in a starkly beautiful landscape where the sea is the only connection to the shores beyond.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781841951768
General Note
:
Author's Note: The characters and events in this novel are chiefly based on the accounts found in Eirik's Saga, Graenlendinga Saga and Eyrbyggja Saga.
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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| St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult Fic NL Ref - Cons Rm | Adult Fiction NL Reference - Conservation Room | FIC ELP | NonCirculating |