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The Sea Road
Margaret Elphinstone
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Description for The Sea Road
Paperback. 'Forget Richard Branson, the audacious female traveller Gudrid of Iceland is the original explorer's explorer .. Elphinstone has written a fine tribute to a woman whose tale is as warm and inviting as a hot spring on a clear winter day.' The Times Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182. 256 pages, map. Gudrid lives at remote edge of known world, in a starkly beautiful landscape where the sea is the only connection to shores beyond. It is a world where the old Norse gods are still invoked, even as Christianity gains favour, where the spirits of dead roam the vast northern ice-fields, tormenting living, and Viking explorers plunder foreign shores. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FV. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight: 182.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841951768
SKU
V9781841951768
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About Margaret Elphinstone
Margaret Elphinstone is the author of eight novels, including The Incomer (1987), A Sparrow's Flight (1989), Islanders (1994), The Sea Road (2000), Hy Brasil (2002), Voyageurs (2003) and Light (2006). She has also had published short stories, poetry and two books on organic gardening. Her next book, And Some There Be, will be published by Canongate in 2009. She lives ... Read more
Reviews for The Sea Road
a gripping historical novel...written with considerable style.
The Bookseller
the author cleverly interweaves Gutrin's discourse with her innermost thoughts ... the Sea Road will appeal to historian, environmentalists, anthropologists and just ordinary cruising seamen.
Cruising
The Sea Road offers a new take on the remarkable early seafaring adventures ... Read more
The Bookseller
the author cleverly interweaves Gutrin's discourse with her innermost thoughts ... the Sea Road will appeal to historian, environmentalists, anthropologists and just ordinary cruising seamen.
Cruising
The Sea Road offers a new take on the remarkable early seafaring adventures ... Read more