Viking Of Queens- Ingegjerd, Ellisiv, Maria, Ingerid, Margret & Malmfrid

• BOOK I – INJEJGERD

With the hand of a master wordsmith, Frid Ingulstad guides the reader nearly a thousand years into the past. Where the sources are silent, she calls on her imagination to fill the gaps, with ideas both realistic and plausible. Much has changed since the time when the daughters of kings lived, loved, and suffered – both in terms of the law, views on human dignity, and in the everyday lives of women everywhere. But, people remain the same, ruled by passions and urges, love and hatred.

Ingegjerd, daughter of King Olof of Sweden, is a rebellious seventeen-year-old who dreams of marrying the Norwegian king, Olaf Haraldsson. She’s never met him, but spent many years listening to the rumors that spoke of his bravery, talents, and fine good looks – the perfect husband for a princess of her breeding. As time passes, she finds herself becoming obsessed with Olaf, only to discover that her father has very different plans for her.

He wants to marry her off to the Grand Prince of Kiev, to consolidate a peace treaty, and he isn’t the only one who would rather see her married to the Rus’ prince. Her sister, Astrid, wants the handsome Norwegian king for her own. When she finds out, Ingegjerd is furious, betrayed by her own sister. Won’t she ever meet the king of her dreams?

BOOK II-  ELLISIV

With the hand of a master wordsmith, Frid Ingulstad guides the reader nearly a thousand years into the past. Where the sources are silent, she calls on her imagination to fill the gaps, with ideas both realistic and plausible. Much has changed since the time when the daughters of kings lived, loved, and suffered – both in terms of the law, views on human dignity, and in the everyday lives of women everywhere. But, people remain the same, ruled by passions and urges, love and hatred.

In the spring of 1043, Ellisiv, the beautiful and well-educated daughter of Grand Prince Yaroslav of Kiev, weds Harald Sigurdsson, the King of Norway. Very much in love with the enormous Viking, she travels far from home to join him, only to discover that life with Harald is not what she’d expected.

Harald is cruel and ambitious, and adheres to barbaric pagan traditions that fill her with fear. Can she hope to survive life with such a man, so far from everything that she knows? As a child, she’d sworn to her mother, Ingegjerd, that she would become the Queen of Norway when her mother had failed, but now she is not so sure.

BOOK III- MARIA

With skilled hand, Frid Ingulstad, takes us nearly a thousand years back in time. Where the sources are silent, the imagination is called on to help – with the proviso that events are plausible. Much has changed since the king’s daughters lived, loved and suffered – both laws and views on human dignity and on women’s life. But people remain the same, ruled by passions and urges, hatred and love.

Oslo, Summer 1064. Maria Haraldsdóttir inherited not only her mother’s beauty, but her independent, rebellious nature as well. She fights to defend the passionate love between her and Kjetil, one of her father’s court guards, even though King Harald wants to force her to marry his vassal.

Frightened, Ellisiv watches her daughter taking on increasing risks. If Harald discovers the truth, Kjetil will have to part with his life…

BOOK IV-  INGERID

With skilled hand, Frid Ingulstad, takes us nearly a thousand years back in time. Where the sources are silent, the imagination is called on to help – with the proviso that events are plausible. Much has changed since the king’s daughters lived, loved and suffered – both laws and views on human dignity and on women’s life. But people remain the same, ruled by passions and urges, hatred and love.

Oslo, Summer 1064. Maria Haraldsdóttir inherited not only her mother’s beauty, but her independent, rebellious nature as well. She fights to defend the passionate love between her and Kjetil, one of her father’s court guards, even though King Harald wants to force her to marry his vassal.

Frightened, Ellisiv watches her daughter taking on increasing risks. If Harald discovers the truth, Kjetil will have to part with his life…

BOOK V- MARGRET

BOOK VI- MALMFRID