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The Last Book Sigrid Undset Wrote Before Her Tragic Death
This magnificent and rare biography [Catherine of Siena by Sigrid Undset, from Sheed & Ward, 1954 - which was the hardcover first edition] - is important for two reasons. First, it is bar none the best biography ever written on the Saint for its scope, depth, and frankly - heart; something Sigrid Undset was known for in all her works - especially the Nobel prize winning Kristin Lavransdatter. Second, she tragically died of illness a few months following the completion of this manuscript, which one suspects took a great deal out of her to complete. I personally searched for this book for years...and I remain most grateful to Amazon for its staunch and loyal support of these rare, vitally significant, out-of-print classics in all genres. Last, I would hope that a publisher out there would give this book and its author (the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature) - consideration to bring the latter back into print for all. Thoroughly inspirational, engaging with never-before information on the unique and beloved Saint - Catherine of Siena. ... Read more

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Chapters: Sigrid Undset, Sverre of Norway, Per Kværne, Janne Haaland Matlary, Christopher de Paus, Hans Fredrik Dahl, Bernt Oftestad, Anh Vu, Brita Collett Paus, Lars Roar Langslet, Olaf Thommessen, Charles Schilling, Jón Halldórsson, Ola Tjørhom. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 62. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sverre Sigurdsson (Old Norse: , c. 1145/1151 9 March 1202) was king of Norway from 1184 to 1202. He married Margareta Eriksdotter, the daughter of the Swedish king Eric the Saint, by whom he had the daughter Kristina Sverresdotter. Many consider him one of the most important rulers in Norwegian history. He assumed power as the leader of the rebel group, the Birkebeiners, during their struggle against King Magnus Erlingsson. After Magnus fell at the Battle of Fimreite in 1184, Sverre ruled as sole king of Norway. Differences with the Church, however, led to his excommunication in 1194. Another civil war began against the church-supported Baglers, which lasted beyond Sverre's death in 1202. The most important historical source on Sverres life is his biography, Sverris saga, in part written while Sverre was alive. This saga is likely biased, since the foreword states that part was written under Sverres direct sponsorship. Correspondence between the Pope and the Norwegian bishops can be used as an alternate source when it comes to church affairs. The saga and the letters mostly agree about the hard facts. Supposedly, King Sverre was short, so he usually directed his troops from horseback during battles. The contrast is great to the traditional Norse warrior ideals where the king was expected to lead his men from the front of the battle line. Sverre was a talented improviser, both in political and military life. His innovative tactics often helped the Birkebeiners against mo...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=630781 ... Read more

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Papers Presented at a Conference Sponsored by the Wethersfield Insititute, New York City, April 24, 1992 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Jostein Gaarder, Sigrid Undset, Hans Kinck, Henrik Wergeland, Henrik Ibsen, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Hans Jæger, Johan Falkberget, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Knut Hamsun, Camilla Collett, Arne Garborg, Dag Solstad, Tarjei Vesaas, Ronald Fangen, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Gunnar Heiberg, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Arthur Omre, Alexander Kielland, Erlend Loe, Jørgen Moe, Torborg Nedreaas, Jonas Lie, Cora Sandel, Olav H. Hauge, Sigurd Hoel, Ketil Bjørnstad, Per Petterson, Gunnar Staalesen, Jo Nesbø, Åsne Seierstad, Herbjørg Wassmo, Lars Saabye Christensen, Tron Øgrim, Anne B. Ragde, Marie Takvam, Anne Holt, Eystein Eggen, Hulda Garborg, Karin Fossum, Niels Fredrik Dahl, Knut Ødegård, Titt Fasmer Dahl, Anne Karin Elstad, Jens Bjørneboe, Margit Sandemo, Hans Aanrud, Magdalene Thoresen, Ailo Gaup, Olav Duun, Grete Kleppen, Nikolaj Frobenius. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Sigrid Undset est une femme de lettre et romancière norvégienne mondialement connue, née le 20 mai 1882 à Kalundborg au Danemark et morte le 10 juin 1949 à Lillehammer. Sa trilogie Kristin Lavrandsdatter l'a conduite, mue par l'intense participation émotionnelle à la redécouverte de l'époque médiévale chère à son père, au cours de son travail d'écriture vers une conversion au catholicisme en 1924. Polémiste experte du champ littéraire singulier de son pays et devenue une fervente croyante catholique en pays de religion d'État protestante, l'écrivain quadragénaire a obtenu le Prix Nobel de littérature en 1928 après la parution du roman Olav Audunssøn. Prenant une place inégalable dans la littérature norvégienne de l'entre-deux-guerre, elle est l'auteur de trente-six titres romanesques, de dizaines d'essais et de centaines d'articles. Sigr...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Sigrid Undset, Knut Hamsun, Ola Bauer, Ole Edvart Rølvaag, Jens Bjørneboe, Ragnar Ulstein, Ebba Haslund, Jon Bing, Christian A. R. Christensen, Johan Harstad, Jostein Gaarder, Kjartan Fløgstad, Alexander Kielland, Jonas Lie, Willy Ustad, Gabriel Scott, Lars Saabye Christensen, Torolf Elster, Arild Stavrum, Ragnhild Jølsen, Edvard Welle-Strand, Anthon B. Nilsen, Waldemar Christofer Brøgger, Nils Nilsen Ronning, John Schjelderup Giæver, Olav Duun, Hans Heiberg, Paal Brekke, Roy Jacobsen, Dorthea Dahl, Sigurd Segelcke Meidell, Sigurd Evensmo, Niels Christian Brøgger, Bjørn Kjos, Per Petterson, Hans Wiers-Jenssen, Aksel Sandemose, Gert Nygårdshaug, Sigbjørn Hølmebakk, Anne Karin Elstad, Johan Koren Christie, Johan Bojer, Karin Bang, Andreas Norland, Henrik Langeland, Toril Brekke, Erlend Loe, Jan Jakob Tønseth, Gerd Grønvold Saue, Øvre Richter Frich, Olav Angell, Paal-Helge Haugen, Sverre Årnes, Gunnar Larsen, Kristian Kristiansen, Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Morten Harry Olsen, Ronald Fangen, Kjell Askildsen, Carl Fredrik Engelstad, Solveig Christov, Terje Stigen, Gerd Brantenberg, Tor Edvin Dahl, Egil Rasmussen, Kim Småge, Jens Zetlitz Kielland, Laila Stien, Odd Kvaal Pedersen, Bergljot Hobæk Haff, Carl Frode Tiller, Kurt Aust, Albert Henrik Mohn, Anker Rogstad, Merethe Lindstrøm, Vigdis Hjorth, Marie Takvam, Dagfinn Grønoset, Irene Ibsen Bille, Trude Brænne Larssen, Eric Scobie, Vetle Vislie, Liv Køltzow, Olav Njølstad, Mah-Rukh Ali, Cecilie Løveid, Edvard Hoem, Leif B. Lillegaard, Alex Brinchmann, Øyvind Myhre, Carlos Wiggen, Nini Roll Anker, Jon Hellesnes, Arthur Omre, Levi Henriksen, Nikolaj Frobenius, Clara Thue Ebbell, Jon Michelet, Eystein Eggen, Bjørn Nilsen, Finn Carling, Oskar Braaten, Magnhild Haalke, Tove Nilsen, Johannes Heggland, Olav Gullvåg, Merete Morken Andersen, Jan Inge Sørbø, Simen Skjønsberg, Erlend Erichsen, Alvilde Prydz, Kåre Prytz, Per Knutsen, Fartein Døvle Jonassen, Didrik Hegermann Grønvold, Jane M...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=29236 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Søren Sørensen, Bille August, Asger Jorn, Joannes Brønsted, Sigrid Undset, Tycho Brahe, Tony Rominger, Tine Scheuer-Larsen, Anna Karina, Karen Blixen, Charles I. D. Looff, Christian Poulsen, Brigitte Nielsen, Carl Nielsen, Sven Hassel, Hans Christian Ørsted, Lars Ulrich, Kaj Munk, Gabriel Axel, Anders-Thomas Jensen, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Per Stig Møller, Conrad Malte-Brun, Émile Théodore Frandsen, Viggo Dorph-Petersen, Jannik Hastrup, Lars Barfoed, Jacob Riis, Daniel Agger, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Per Nørgård, Frederik Fetterlein, Peter Gantzler, Karen Ellemann, Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff, Inger Støjberg, Verner Panton, Urban Gad, Johan Rohde, Christian Winther, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Henrik Pontoppidan, Jan Gehl, Connie Nielsen, John Price, Jens Christian Grøndahl, Peter Elfelt, Johannes V. Jensen, Johann Otto Von Spreckelsen, Per Krøldrup, Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, Jens Juel, Thomas Christiansen, Herman Bang, Emilie Mundt, Katja K, Jan Leschly, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Bodil Udsen, Jørgen Vestergaard, Asger Hamerik, Torben Ulrich, Jens Jørgen Thorsen, Jakob Poulsen, Martin Mortensen, Christian Elling, Johannes Pløger, Jesper Christiansen, Jens Galschiøt, Carsten Norgaard, Knud Holmboe, Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig, Mikkel Beckmann, Benjamin Christensen, Allan Nielsen, Jesper Høm, Peder Lykkeberg, Hans-Georg Tersling, Leif Davidsen, Jeppe Aakjær, Ib Braase, Michael Hegner, Cathrine Asmussen, Albert Gottschalk, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, Jens Immanuel Baggesen, Christian Franzen, Piet Hein, Jørn Riel, Kåre Bluitgen, Jacob Gade, Peter Høeg, Jens August Schade, Marc Rieper, Hans Scherfig, Albert Bertelsen, Dan Turèll, Thomas Kingo, Stefan Fjeldmark, Gustav Wied, Birgitta Lund, Robert Dinesen, Ambrosius Stub, Jen...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Lars Onsager, Fridtjof Nansen, Sigrid Undset, Knut Hamsun, Ragnar Frisch, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Trygve Haavelmo, Finn E. Kydland, Ivar Giaever, Odd Hassel, Christian Lous Lange. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 73. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: For the Norwegian Navy class of frigates, see Fridtjof Nansen class frigate. Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (10 October 1861 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian explorer, scientist and diplomat. Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 for his work as a League of Nations High Commissioner. Fridtjof Nansen was born at Store Frøen, near Oslo in 1861, the son of a prosperous lawyer. As a young man, he was an expert skater, swimmer and skier, excelling in drawing and sciences at school. He studied Zoology at the University of Oslo. Nansen initially started out as a pioneer sports skier, and soon became interested in Arctic exploration. He led the first crossing of Greenland by ski, and achieved great success with his Arctic expedition aboard Fram. He later became noted as a zoologist and oceanographer, and was a pioneer of the neuron theory. He was also a distinguished diplomat, eventually becoming Commissioner of refugees for the League of Nations. He was married to Eva Nansen (died 1907) and was the father of noted architect and humanist Odd Nansen and the grandfather of Eigil Nansen. Nansen made his first voyage to Greenland waters in a sealing ship in 1882. In 1883 he became inspired to attempt a crossing of Greenland by ski after hearing of Nordenskiöld's expedition of the same year. Nansen's plan was to cross the island from east to west, which would require navigating through an almost impenetrable barrier of pack ice to land a ship on the east coast. Financed by State Councillor Augustinus Gamel, a Danish businessman, and ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=11820 ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Christina of Sweden, Halldór Laxness, Sigrid Undset, Nicolas Steno, Knute Rockne, Astrid of Sweden, Augustus Ii the Strong, Augustus Iii of Poland, Robert Hanssen, Richard John Neuhaus, Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Władysław Anders, Reinhard Hütter, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Carola of Vasa, Adam Wenceslaus, Duke of Cieszyn, Johann Christian Bach, Reinhard Johannes Sorge, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Angelus Silesius, Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg, Stephan Kuttner, Friedrich Leopold Zu Stolberg-Stolberg, Elizabeth Lucretia, Duchess of Cieszyn, August Friedrich Gfrörer, Kaspar Ulenberg, Uta Ranke-Heinemann, Frederick William, Duke of Cieszyn, Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Jeremias Drexel, Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Louis Bouyer, Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Timo Soini, Juraj V Zrinski, Christopher de Paus, Elisabeth Hesselblad, Veit Erbermann, Brita Collett Paus, João Frederico Ludovice, Matthäus Prätorius, Teemu Sippo, Ola Tjørhom, Wilhelm Volk. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Christina (Swedish: ; 18 December 1626 19 April 1689), later known as Christina Alexandra and sometimes Countess Dohna, was Queen regnant of Sweden from 1632 to 1654. She was the only surviving legitimate child of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and his wife Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg. As the heiress presumptive, at the age of six she succeeded her father on the throne of Sweden upon his death at the Battle of Lützen in the Thirty Years' War. After converting to Catholicism and abdicating her throne, she spent her latter years in France and Rome, where she was buried in St. Peter's Basilica. Christina was born in Stockholm, and her birth occurred during a rare astrological conjunc...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=49613 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Sigrid Undset, Ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Cora Sandel, Herbjørg Wassmo, Anne Holt, Karin Fossum. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Sigrid Undset est une femme de lettre et romancière norvégienne mondialement connue, née le 20 mai 1882 à Kalundborg au Danemark et morte le 10 juin 1949 à Lillehammer. Sa trilogie Kristin Lavrandsdatter l'a conduite, mue par l'intense participation émotionnelle à la redécouverte de l'époque médiévale chère à son père, au cours de son travail d'écriture vers une conversion au catholicisme en 1924. Polémiste experte du champ littéraire singulier de son pays et devenue une fervente croyante catholique en pays de religion d'État protestante, l'écrivain quadragénaire a obtenu le Prix Nobel de littérature en 1928 après la parution du roman Olav Audunssøn. Prenant une place inégalable dans la littérature norvégienne de l'entre-deux-guerre, elle est l'auteur de trente-six titres romanesques, de dizaines d'essais et de centaines d'articles. Sigrid Undset est la première fille des trois filles d'Anne-Charlotte Gyth et de Ingwald Martin Undset. Elle est née à Kallundborg mais ses parents s'installent en Norvège dès qu'elle a deux ans. Sa mère est une Danoise éduquée, élégante et spirituelle, qui parle français et allemand couramment et adore l'Italie. Elle est issue d'une famille bourgeoise dano-norvégienne, expatriée au siècle précédent de Norvège, qui réside au château de Kallundborg. Elle a épousé un célèbre Norvégien du Trøndelag dont elle est devenue secrétaire. En effet, Ingwald Undset est un jeune archéologue brillant et spirituel qui a soutenu en 1881 une thèse sur les commencements de l'âge du fer en Europe du Nord. Pour ses recherches, il voyage constamment à travers l'E...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more