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Kiran Millwood Hargrave — The Mercies (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 21, 2021 | RELAX: Historical Fiction

Kiran Millwood Hargrave crafts a story of community and strength in her historical fiction novel, The Mercies. Set in a remote Norwegian coastal village called Vardø in 1617, the story centers on two women. Maren Bergensdatter is barely out of her teens when a...

Nancy Marie Brown — The Real Valkyrie (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 5, 2021 | LEARN: Everything Else

Nancy Marie Brown combines history and imagination in her upcoming book, The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women. If you follow me, you know that I love books about Vikings and Norse people. And this is the best I’ve ever read. It covers a wide...

Arthur Herman — The Viking Heart (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jul 11, 2021 | LEARN: Everything Else

Arthur Herman explores Scandinavian culture, history, and its worldwide effects in The Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World. As the publisher puts it, he “melds a compelling historical narrative with cutting-edge archaeological and DNA research to trace...

Book Review: Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

by Barbara the Bibliophage | May 27, 2019 | RELAX: Historical Fiction

Kristin Lavransdatter is a Norwegian literature classic by Sigrid Undset. In fact, Undset is so revered that she won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928, after Kristin was published. But, let’s also clarify that this is actually a trilogy, now published as a 1100+...

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