The Sea Road

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30465589811
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9.99
book_author_name: 
Margaret Elphinstone
book_type: 
Paperback
publisher: 
Canongate Books Ltd
published_date: 
07/08/2001
isbn: 
9781841951768
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Books > Fiction > Historical fiction
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Margaret Elphinstone|Paperback|Canongate Books Ltd|07/08/2001
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9781841951768
Book Description: 
A haunting, compelling historical novel, The Sea Road is a daring re-telling of the 11th-century Viking exploration of the North Atlantic from the viewpoint of one extraordinary woman. Gudrid lives at the remote edge of the known world, in a starkly beautiful landscape where the sea is the only connection to the shores beyond. It is a world where the old Norse gods are still invoked, even as Christianity gains favour, where the spirits of the dead roam the vast northern ice-fields, tormenting the living, and Viking explorers plunder foreign shores. Taking the accidental discovery of North America as its focal point, Gudrid's narrative describes a multi-layered voyage into the unknown, all recounted with astonishing immediacy and rich atmospheric detail.
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