The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days
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High adventure among the Norsemen in a special two volume setHistorical adventure fiction is so popular today that only readers of a certain vintage can remember the time (not so long past) that it had all but disappeared from the catalogues of publishers. Tales of Romans, knights, warriors and soldiers of every nation and period now abound, but the current trend is but a return to a literary genre that has been always had its enthusiasts and indeed its specialist authors. The author of this two volume collection of Viking adventures, Ottilie Liljencrantz, was an American but-as her name sugge...
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- THE THRALL OF LEIF THE LUCKY
- A Story of Viking Days
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD CHAPTER I Where Wolves Thrive Better than Lambs CHAPTER II The Maid in the Silver Helmet CHAPTER III A Gallant Outlaw CHAPTER IV In a Viking Lair CHAPTER V The Ire of a Shield-Maiden CHAPTER VI The Song of Smiting Steel CHAPTER VII The King's Guardsman CHAPTER VIII Leif the Cross-Bearer CHAPTER IX Before the Chieftain CHAPTER X The Royal Blood of Alfred CHAPTER XI The Passing of the Scar CHAPTER XII Through Bars of Ice CHAPTER XIII Eric the Red in His Domain CHAPTER XIV For the Sake of the Cross CHAPTER XV A Wolf-Pack in Leash CHAPTER XVI A Courtier of the King CHAPTER XVII The Wooing of Helga CHAPTER XVIII The Witch's Den CHAPTER XIX Tales of the Unknown West CHAPTER XX Alwin's Bane CHAPTER XXI The Heart of a Shield-Maiden CHAPTER XXII In the Shadow of the Sword CHAPTER XXIII A Familiar Blade in a Strange Sheath CHAPTER XXIV For Dear Love's Sake CHAPTER XXV "Where Never Man Stood Before" CHAPTER XXVI Vinland the Good CHAPTER XXVII Mightier than the Sword CHAPTER XXVIII "Things that are Fated" CHAPTER XXIX The Battle to the Strong CHAPTER XXX From Over the Sea CONCLUSION
- FOREWORD
- The Thrall of Leif the Lucky
- CHAPTER I WHERE WOLVES THRIVE BETTER THAN LAMBS
- CHAPTER II THE MAID IN THE SILVER HELMET
- CHAPTER III A GALLANT OUTLAW
- CHAPTER IV IN A VIKING LAIR
- CHAPTER V THE IRE OF A SHIELD-MAIDEN
- CHAPTER VI THE SONG OF SMITING STEEL
- CHAPTER VII THE KING'S GUARDSMAN
- CHAPTER VIII LEIF THE CROSS-BEARER
- CHAPTER IX BEFORE THE CHIEFTAIN
- CHAPTER X THE ROYAL BLOOD OF ALFRED
- CHAPTER XI THE PASSING OF THE SCAR
- CHAPTER XII THROUGH BARS OF ICE
- CHAPTER XIII ERIC THE RED IN HIS DOMAIN
- CHAPTER XIV FOR THE SAKE OF THE CROSS
- CHAPTER XV A WOLF-PACK IN LEASH
- CHAPTER XVI A COURTIER OF THE KING
- CHAPTER XVII THE WOOING OF HELGA
- CHAPTER XVIII THE WITCH'S DEN
- CHAPTER XIX TALES OF THE UNKNOWN WEST
- CHAPTER XX ALWIN'S BANE
- CHAPTER XXI THE HEART OF A SHIELD-MAIDEN
- CHAPTER XXII IN THE SHADOW OF THE SWORD
- CHAPTER XXIII A FAMILIAR BLADE IN A STRANGE SHEATH
- CHAPTER XXIV FOR DEAR LOVE'S SAKE
- CHAPTER XXV "WHERE NEVER MAN STOOD BEFORE"
- CHAPTER XXVI VINLAND THE GOOD
- CHAPTER XXVII MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD
- CHAPTER XXVIII "THINGS THAT ARE FATED"
- CHAPTER XXIX THE BATTLE TO THE STRONG
- CHAPTER XXX FROM OVER The SEA
- CONCLUSION
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