Three Hearts and Three Lions (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Poul Anderson
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—high fantasy
- Time of Work: The 1940’s on Earth and an undefined medieval period after 814 on a parallel world
- Setting: Earth and a parallel world
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, 1940’s, Heroes or heroism, Nazism or Nazis, Earth, Parallel universes or alternate dimensions, Swords, Amnesia
- Locales: Earth, Earth, alternate versions of
The Plot
Three Hearts and Three Lions opens with an author’s note introducing the protagonist, Holger Carl-sen. It describes him as gigantic, with yellow hair and blue eyes, and says that he was abandoned as a child in Denmark. It tells how Carlsen returns to Denmark in 1941 to join the anti-Nazi resistance. He is shot and knocked unconscious in a battle. The story then switches to Carlsen’s point of view.
Carlsen awakes on a parallel Earth. Nearby is a warhorse carrying weapons and clothing of medieval style. Carlsen rides until he finds the cottage of Mother...
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