Georgette Heyer
Now you well ask your self what on ever had this boddice ripper got to do with vikings ?
After she died in 1974 Pan books organised a competition for new historical novels in her name.
see Historical Novels
This was about the time I was engaged for three months to teach and conduct Klaksvikarhornorkestur and I stood on this narrow isthmus KLAKSVIK looking north and in my mind's eye saw a very tired crew of vikings rowing round the corner into the VIK or bay, on their way home from Norway, where they had probably been shopping, well market trading, rather than plundering.
Then the idea of retelling the Faeroe Islands Saga as a modern novel was born as my "viking project"
Faroe Islands
map
on the way from Scotland to Iceland
A stunning landscape comprising layers of volcanic balck basalt
Now you well ask your self what on ever had this boddice ripper got to do with vikings ?
After she died in 1974 Pan books organised a competition for new historical novels in her name.
see Historical Novels
This was about the time I was engaged for three months to teach and conduct Klaksvikarhornorkestur and I stood on this narrow isthmus KLAKSVIK looking north and in my mind's eye saw a very tired crew of vikings rowing round the corner into the VIK or bay, on their way home from Norway, where they had probably been shopping, well market trading, rather than plundering.
Then the idea of retelling the Faeroe Islands Saga as a modern novel was born as my "viking project"
Faroe Islands
map
on the way from Scotland to Iceland
A stunning landscape comprising layers of volcanic balck basalt
posted by Hugh W at 7:54 pm
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