Even though she qualified for university, she enrolled for a secretarial course and began working from an engineering company in Oslo aged 16. The tragedy left a mark on Sigrid’s teenage and childhood years and she had to abandon all hopes of ever going to college. Undset lost her father when she was eleven and together with her siblings they would be brought up by a single mother. From very early on, Sigrid learned about Scandinavian folk songs and Norse sagas and most importantly about archeological secrets. She grew up in Oslo the capital and the very early years of her life were influenced by the extensive historical knowledge her father had accumulated and his illness. She moved with her family to Norway when she was a two year old as her father could no longer live in Denmark due to illness. Undset was born in the small town of Kalundborg in 1882 and was the eldest of three siblings. His mother Charlotte Undset was also involved in her husband’s work as she was well versed in European and Norse culture and could speak fluent French and German. Given his work, he traveled extensively researching and conducting archeological research across the continent. She was born to internationally renowned archeologist Ingvald Undset who specialized in Iron Age Europe and minored in European pre-history and Norse.

I grade the book VG+.Sigrid Undset was a historical fiction author from Norway that was best known as the author of the “Kristin Lavransdatter” series of novels. There are no torn, missing pages, or fold up corners. Her saga continues through her marriage to Erlend, their tumultuous life together raising seven sons as Erlend seeks to strengthen his political influence, and finally their estrangement as the world around them tumbles into uncertainty.īook is in good condition. But when as a student in a convent school she meets the charming and impetuous Erlend Nikulausson, she defies her parents in pursuit of her own desires. Now in one volume, Tiina Nunnally's award-winning definitive translation brings this remarkable work to life with clarity and lyrical beauty.As a young girl, Kristin is deeply devoted to her father, a kind and courageous man. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, Undset immerses readers in the day-to-day life, social conventions, and political and religious undercurrents of the period. In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong woman. Vikings in the Middle Ages! The three volumes are: The Bridal Wreath, The Mistress of Husaby, and The Cross.

Up for sale: Kristin Lavransdatter - The Cross - Volume 3 by Sigrid Undset, Hardcover Book, 1946

The Cross by Sigrid Undset