Category Archives: Historical Fiction

Sigrid Undset’s Other Masterpiece – The Master of Hestviken – Vol. 1: The Axe

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Lucy Pollard-Gott

The Axe (The Master of Hestviken, Vol. 1) by Sigrid Undset. Vintage, 1994. I wonder if any reader of Sigrid Undset comes to The Master of Hestviken first.  It seems that most find their way here after spending many precious hours, days, … Continue reading →

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“Independent People” by Halldór Laxness: First Impressions for #ReadNobels #TTWIB April Challenge

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Lucy Pollard-Gott

I have really enjoyed this month’s Travel the World in Books (#TTWIB) challenge, organized by Aloi of Guiltless Reading, who invited us to read one book by a Nobel prize-winning author. Her announcement post for April’s combined challenge has the linkups of those who … Continue reading →

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#ReadNobels for Travel the World in Books in April @ Guiltless Reading

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Lucy Pollard-Gott

My esteemed co-host, Aloi of Guiltless Reading, is hosting our Travel the World in Books (#TTWIB) event for April, combining this ongoing challenge–to read our way around the world with diverse books–with her own fabulous challenge to read books by … Continue reading →

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An Estonian Tragedy–“Purge” by Sofi Oksanen

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Lucy Pollard-Gott

Purge, a novel by Sofi Oksanen (Trans. from the Finnish by Lola Rogers). New York: Black Cat, Grove/Atlantic, Inc., 2010. (Original work Puhdistus published 2008) Purge depicts the bitter realities of Estonian life during the post-war Russian occupation and Stalinist … Continue reading →

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“Babette’s Feast”: the Story and the Film

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Lucy Pollard-Gott

“Babette’s Feast” is a short story by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen), the Danish author whose real life experiences managing a farm in British East Africa (colonial Kenya) led her to write Out of Africa (1937).  Anyone who has read that book, or … Continue reading →

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Review: “The House by the Fjord” by Rosalind Laker

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Lucy Pollard-Gott

The House by the Fjord by Rosalind Laker. Severn House, 2011. The House by the Fjord is the last novel of the prolific romance writer Barbara Øvstedal  (1921-2012), who wrote primarily under the pen name of Rosalind Laker. Her many … Continue reading →

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