Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina) Liljencrantz

Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina) Liljencrantz
Ottilia Adelina Liljencrantz was an American author known for her historical novels, often set in Viking times. She published works such as "The Thrall of Leif the Lucky" (1902) and "The Ward of King Canute" (1903), which focused on Scandinavian sagas and legends. Liljencrantz's stories combined romance, adventure, and historical detail, bringing the Viking Age to life for her readers. Although her literary career was brief, her books were well-received for their vivid depictions of early medieval history.

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Chapter I. The Fall of the House of Frode Full stocked foldsI saw at the sons of Fitjung,Now they carry beggars' staffs;Wealth isLike the twinkling of an eye,The most unstable of friends.Ha'vama'l. As the blackness of the midsummer night paled, the broken towers and wrecked walls of the monastery loomed up dim and stark in the gray light. The long-drawn sigh of a waking world crept... more...

CHAPTER I Vices and virtuesThe sons of mortals bearIn their breasts mingled;No one is so good That no failing attends him,Nor so bad as to be good for nothing.         Ha'vama'l (High Song of Odin). It was back in the tenth century, when the mighty fair-haired warriors of Norway and Sweden and Denmark, whom the people of Southern Europe called the Northmen, were becoming known and... more...