Story of Rolf Comprehensive Guide - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1930710798 ISBN 13 : 9781930710795

Editeur : Veritas Pr Inc, 2004

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Rolf is the only son of Hiarandi the Unlucky. Most of his father's ill luck springs from the fact that he is compassionate and that his neighbor, Einar, covets his land and his spacious hall. The wicked Einar manages to get Hiarandi ensnared in legal difficulties and he is sentenced to spend a year within a bow-shot of his own hall. Not content, Einar sends his henchmen to trick Hiarandi into venturing beyond this perimeter where he will be fair game for slaughter. Hiarandi is killed, but in the process, young Rolf also kills one of Einar's henchmen. Now Rolf is made an outlaw and is forced to flee from Iceland until his sentence is complete. But Rolf will not be content until he can prove that his father was killed within a bowshot of his home--and thus make Einar subject to the law.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Rolf is the son of Hiarandi the Unlucky. Hiarandi, at the urging of his wife, does an unforgivable thing: he lights a signal fire on a dangerous point of his land, challenging the accepted custom that place lucrative salvage at a higher value than the saving of life. However, the life that is saved that night causes his own death and the unjust outlawing of his son Rolf. This tale exemplifies the effect of Christ's teachings upon the Icelandic people during their heroic age. The book is set in Iceland in the days when Christianity has come to the island though the old customs still linger.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Veritas Pr Inc
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1930710798
• ISBN 13: 9781930710795
• Reliure: Broché
• Éditeur: Fischer Emily
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible