The Axe (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, European Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Sigrid Undset
- First Published: 1925
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical chronicle
- Time of Work: Late thirteenth century
- Setting: Norway
- Principal Characters: Olav Audunsson, Arnvid Steinfinn Toresson, Kolbein Ingebjorg Jonsdatter, Ingunn, Tora, Finnsson, Toresson, Teit
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Murder or homicide, Marriage, Pregnancy, Thirteenth century, Norway or Norwegians
- Locales: Norway
The Story:
The troubles of the Steinfinnssons began when Tore Toresson sent his youngest son to the royal bodyguard at Bergen. There Steinfinn Toresson saw Ingebjorg Jonsdatter, who had come from Denmark with young Queen Ingebjorg, and he fell in love with her. King Magnus, however, had already promised the girl to his friend, Mattias Haraldsson. Steinfinn was in the Orkneys that winter. The next summer, he went to Bergen and stole Ingebjorg out of the king’s court.
Although Tore was displeased with his son, he gave the couple the manor at Frettastein, where they lived...
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