Henry Rider Haggard

Eric Brighteyes (Historical Novel)


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       Henry Rider Haggard

      Eric Brighteyes

      (Historical Novel)

      Based on Icelandic Saga - Viking Age Iceland

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      2017 OK Publishing

      ISBN 978-80-7583-437-9

       I HOW ASMUND THE PRIEST FOUND GROA THE WITCH

       II HOW ERIC TOLD HIS LOVE TO GUDRUDA IN THE SNOW ON COLDBACK

       III HOW ASMUND BADE ERIC TO HIS YULE-FEAST

       IV HOW ERIC CAME DOWN GOLDEN FALLS

       V HOW ERIC WON THE SWORD WHITEFIRE

       VI HOW ASMUND THE PRIEST WAS BETROTHED TO UNNA

       VII HOW ERIC WENT UP MOSFELL AGAINST SKALLAGRIM THE BARESARK

       VIII HOW OSPAKAR BLACKTOOTH FOUND ERIC BRIGHTEYES AND SKALLAGRIM LAMBSTAIL ON HORSE-HEAD HEIGHTS

       IX HOW SWANHILD DEALT WITH GUDRUDA

       X HOW ASMUND SPOKE WITH SWANHILD

       XI HOW SWANHILD BID FAREWELL TO ERIC

       XII HOW ERIC WAS OUTLAWED AND SAILED A - VIKING

       XIII HOW HALL THE MATE CUT THE GRAPNEL CHAIN

       XIV HOW ERIC DREAMED A DREAM

       XV HOW ERIC DWELT IN LONDON TOWN

       XVI HOW SWANHILD WALKED THE SEAS

       XVII HOW ASMUND THE PRIEST WEDDED UNNA, THOROD'S DAUGHTER

       XVIII HOW EARL ATLI FOUND ERIC AND SKALLAGRIM ON THE SOUTHERN ROCKS OF STRAUMEY ISLE

       XIX HOW KOLL THE HALF-WITTED BROUGHT TIDINGS FROM ICELAND

       XX HOW ERIC WAS NAMED ANEW

       XXI HOW HALL OF LITHDALE TOOK TIDINGS TO ICELAND

       XXII HOW ERIC CAME HOME AGAIN

       XXIII HOW ERIC WAS A GUEST AT THE WEDDING-FEAST OF GUDRUDA THE FAIR

       XXIV HOW THE FEAST WENT

       XXV HOW THE FEAST ENDED

       XXVI HOW ERIC VENTURED DOWN TO MIDDALHOF AND WHAT HE FOUND

       XXVII HOW GUDRUDA WENT UP TO MOSFELL

       XXVIII HOW SWANHILD WON TIDINGS OF ERIC

       XXIX HOW WENT THE BRIDAL NIGHT

       XXX HOW THE DAWN CAME

       XXXI HOW ERIC SENT AWAY HIS MEN FROM MOSFELL

       XXXII HOW ERIC AND SKALLAGRIM GREW FEY

       XXXIII HOW ERIC AND SKALLAGRIM FOUGHT THEIR LAST GREAT FIGHT

      I

       HOW ASMUND THE PRIEST FOUND GROA THE WITCH

       Table of Content

      There lived a man in the south, before Thangbrand, Wilibald's son, preached the White Christ in Iceland. He was named Eric Brighteyes, Thorgrimur's son, and in those days there was no man like him for strength, beauty and daring, for in all these things he was the first. But he was not the first in good-luck.

      Two women lived in the south, not far from where the Westman Islands stand above the sea. Gudruda the Fair was the name of the one, and Swanhild, called the Fatherless, Groa's daughter, was the other. They were half-sisters, and there were none like them in those days, for they were the fairest of all women, though they had nothing in common except their blood and hate.

      Now of Eric Brighteyes, of Gudruda the Fair and of Swanhild the Fatherless, there is a tale to tell.

      The father of Gudruda was Asmund Asmundson, the Priest of Middalhof. He was the wisest and the wealthiest of all men who lived in the south of Iceland in those days, owning many farms and, also, two ships of merchandise and