The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow (Living History Library)
by Allen French Author
(From Amazon): Rolf, son of Hiarandi the Unlucky, is a character who exemplifies the effect of Christ's teachings upon the Icelandic people during their heroic age. The book is set in Iceland in the days when Christianity has come to the island though the old customs still linger. Hiarandi, at the urging of his wife, does an unprecedented thing: he lights a signal fire on a dangerous point of his land, thereby challenging the accepted custom which places lucrative salvage at higher value than the saving of life. However, the life that is saved that night causes his own death and the unjust outlawing of his son Rolf. Rolf's response to this injustice creates a suspenseful, thought-provoking tale difficult to put down.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9781883937010
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 30
- Pages
- 244
- Suggested Grades
- 4th - 10th
- Geographical Setting
- Iceland
- Historical Setting
- 1010 - 1010
- Publisher
- Bethlehem Books
- Copyright
- 1995
Chapters
- 1 Of the Lighting of the Beacon
- 2 Of the Soursops and the Curse which Hung on Them
- 3 Kiartin at Cragness
- 4 Of Einar and Ondott
- 5 The Summoning of Hiarandi
- 6 Of What Hiarandi Should Do
- 7 How Hiarandi Received the Lesser Outlawry
- 8 Of Schemings
- 9 Of the Outcome of Ondott's Plottings
- 10 How Rolf Named Witnesses for the Death of Hiarandi
- 11 Of Rolf's Search for One to Surpass Him with the Bow
- 12 Of the Trial of Skill at Tongue
- 13 Of that Robber
- 14 How Rolf and Einar Summoned Each Other
- 15 Of Suits at the Althing
- 16 The Act of Distress
- 17 Rolf and Frodi Fare Abroad
- 18 How Those Two Came into Thraldon
- 19 Now Men are Shipwrecked
- 20 How Rolf Won his Freedom
- 21 How Rolf Won the VIkings Bow
- 22 Now Kiartin Returns
- 23 Of the Coming of Earl Thorfinn
- 24 Now Rolf and Grani Quarrel
- 25 Here Rolf Comes to Cragness
- 26 Of Grani's Pride
- 27 Odd Doings at Cragness
- 28 Of that Harvest Feast
- 29 Of the Trial of Grani's Pride
- 30 Of the Saying of Those Two Words
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