The Bridal Wreath: Kristin Lavransdatter, Vol.1

ISBN: 0394752996

Author: Undset, Sigrid

Condition: New

From the Nobel Prize-winning author who "should be the next Elena Ferrante (Slate) comes a stormy romance set in 14th-century Norway.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. 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.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.