<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for Sigrid Undset]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for Sigrid Undset]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/christchurch/rss/search?query=Sigrid%20Undset&amp;searchType=author&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 02:58:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[The Wreath]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kristin Lavransdatter interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of family life to create a colourful, richly detailed tapestry of Norway during the fourteenth-century.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1562306</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1562306</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 1997 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1562306037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kristin Lavransdatter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Panorama of Norwegian life in the first half of the 14th century and the tumultous life of a woman, traces Kristin's life from childhood to death.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1577484</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1577484</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1577484037</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Set in thirteenth-century Norway, a land racked by political turmoil, bloody family vendettas, and rising tensions between secular powers and an ascendant church, Sigrid Undset's spellbinding masterpiece now follows the fortunes of Olav Audunssn to the final, dramatic chapter of his life as it unfolds in Winter, the last volume of the tetralogy. When the orphaned Olav and his foster sister Ingunn became betrothed in their youth, a chain of events was set in motion that eventually led to violence, banishment, and a family separation lasting years. The consequences fracture their marriage and threaten the lineage for generations. Now, at the end of his life, Olav continues to grapple with the guilt of his sins as he watches his children, especially Eirik, make disastrous choices and struggle to find their rightful place in a family haunted by the past. With its precise details and sweeping vision, Olav Audunssn summons a powerful picture of Northern life in medieval times, as noted by the Swedish Academy in awarding Undset the Nobel Prize in 1928. Conveying both the intimate drama and the epic proportions of Olav's story at its conclusion, Winter is a moving and masterly recreation of a vanished world tainted by bloodshed and haunted by sin and retribution-yet one that might still offer a chance for redemption.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1562595</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1562595</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1562595037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crossroads]]></title><description><![CDATA[The third volume in the Nobel Prize-winning writer's epic story of medieval Norway, finely capturing Undset's fluid, natural style in the first English translation in nearly a century   In the early fourteenth century, Norway is a kingdom in political turmoil, struggling with opposing forces within its own borders and drawn into strife with neighboring Sweden and Denmark. Bloody family vendettas and conflicting loyalties sparked by the irrepressible passion of a boy and his foster sister (also his betrothed) have now set in motion a series of terrible consequences-with a legacy of betrayal, murder, and disgrace that will echo down through the generations. Crossroads, the third of Olav Audunssøn's four volumes, finds Olav heartbroken by loss and further estranged from his son. To escape his grief, Olav leaves his home estate of Hestviken and agrees to serve as captain on a small merchant ship headed to London. There, separated from everything familiar to him, Olav begins a visionary journey that will send him far into the forest and deep into his soul. Questioning past decisions and future plans, Olav must grapple with his own perceptions of love and guilt, sin and penitence, vengeance and forgiveness.  Set in a time and place where royalty and religion vie for power, and bloodlines and loyalties are law, Crossroads summons a powerful picture of Northern life in medieval times, as the Swedish Academy noted in awarding Sigrid Undset the Nobel Prize in 1928. Conveying both the intimate drama and epic sweep of Olav's story as grief and guilt drive him to ever more desperate action, Crossroads is a moving and masterly re-creation of a vanished world tainted by bloodshed and haunted by sin and retribution.  As with Kristin Lavransdatter, her earlier medieval epic, Undset immersed herself in the legal, religious, and historical documents of the time while writing Olav Audunssøn to create astoundingly authentic and compelling portraits of Norwegian life in the Middle Ages.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1735402</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1735402</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1735402037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Providence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Olav settles in at his ancestral estate and soon brings Ingunn home as his wife. Both hope to put their troubles behind them, but the crimes and shameful secrets of the past have a long reach and tenacious hold. The consequences of sin, suspicion, and familial obligations may prove a greater threat to the pair's happiness than even their long years of separation.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1562596</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1562596</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1562596037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vows]]></title><description><![CDATA[The initial volume in the Nobel Prize-winning author's tumultuous, epic story of medieval Norway-the first new English translation in nearly a century. As a child, Olav Audunssøn is given by his dying father to an old friend, Steinfinn Toressøn, who rashly promises to raise the boy as his foster son and eventually marry him to his own daughter, Ingunn. The two children, very different in temperament, become both brother and sister and betrothed. In the turbulent thirteenth-century Norway of Sigrid Undset's epic masterpiece, bloodlines and loyalties often supersede law, and the crown and the church vie for power and wealth. Against this background and the complicated relationship between Olav and Ingunn, a series of fateful decisions leads to murder, betrayal, exile, and disgrace. In Vows, the first book in the powerful Olav Audunssøn tetralogy, Undset presents a richly imagined world split between pagan codes of retribution and the constraints of Christian piety-all of which threaten to destroy the lives of two young people torn between desires of the heart and the dictates of family and fortune.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1562597</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1562597</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1562597037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kristin Lavransdatter]]></title><description><![CDATA[A landmark among historical novels, Kristin Lavransdatter is part of the body of work that won Sigrid Undset the Nobel Prize for 1928. This trilogy of more than one thousand pages follows its title character through her life in fourteenth-century Scandinavia. It is a novel full of big and dramatic happenings: romantic intrigues, political schemes, and spiritual debates. It is also a novel about one woman's life. Sigrid Undset makes us understand Kristin's love for her sons and husband, and the hard work of living in the fourteenth century. As does any good historical novel, Kristin Lavransdatter immerses us in its time through rich details concerning dress and manners as well as social and historical events. The multitude of character names is confusing at first, but if you stick with it, Sigrid Undset will give you a first-hand experience of another world]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1386364</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1386364</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1386364037</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Master of Hestviken]]></title><description><![CDATA[The story takes place in medieval Norway, a land torn by unremitting warfare and not yet fully converted to Christianity. The first three books tell the story of Olav Audunsson, who, after killing a man at a very young age, becomes an outlaw. As a consequence, he has to endure a long and bitter separation from Ingunn Steinfinnsdatter, his childhood sweetheart, before they are finally able to marry. However, their new life is tainted by Olav's past and by the fact that Ingunn has brought shame upon herself. Although Olav once again becomes a man of wealth and stature, he is haunted by his past deeds and cannot find true happiness. Having lost his wife and being estranged from his son, Olaf leaves Hestviken and embarks on a journey of adventure and remorse which will finally lead him to a bloody reckoning. In the concluding volume, Olav is no longer a young man. He has outlived his enemies and the woman he once loved so deeply. Now, in his twilight years and foreseeing the fearful consequences of their action, Olav is forced to watch his children, and especially his rebellious oldest son Eirik, reenact the sins for which he himself suffered so greatly as a youth. It takes the reader back to a time when violence and bloody vendettas racked a land not yet fully touched by Christianity.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1728505</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1728505</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 1978 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1728505037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gunnar's Daughter]]></title><description><![CDATA[This short novel describes the betrayal and rape of a young woman by her suitor. As a single parent in medieval Norway, she struggles to gain acceptance in a rigid society. She seeks revenge for the injury done to her family and in the process risks losing what she holds most dear.]]></description><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C84731</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C84731</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 1936 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/84731037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Burning Bush]]></title><link>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1728504</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C1728504</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Undset, Sigrid, 1882-1949]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 1932 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1728504037</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item></channel></rss>