On the Cold Coasts

Author:   Vilborg Davidsdottir ,  Angela Dawe ,  Angela Dawe
Publisher:   Brilliance Audio
Edition:   Unabridged
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9781455881031


Publication Date:   15 May 2012
Format:   Audio  Audio Format
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A horrible storm off the cold coasts of fifteenth-century Iceland sends the Trinity crashing to shore, with nearly no survivors. For Ragna, the teenage daughter of a respected family who is betrothed to the dashing and wealthy Thorkell, the shipwreck presents a life-changing risk she cannot resist: a handsome sailor named Michael, who is seduced by her gentle singing during his stay in the hospital, then impregnates her and promptly disappears. Thorkell cannot marry her and take in another man's son, and Ragna is left barren from a traumatic childbirth and stigmatized as a fallen woman. A decade later, Ragna becomes a housekeeper to the new English bishop in North Iceland, where passionate and ambitious Thorkell is a priest and steward. They embark on a fervent but doomed love affair as priests cannot marry and Ragna will not be a concubine. As sweeping as it is intimate, On the Cold Coasts is a powerful, enduring story of love and personal sacrifice.

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Author:   Vilborg Davidsdottir ,  Angela Dawe ,  Angela Dawe
Publisher:   Brilliance Audio
Imprint:   Brilliance Audio
Edition:   Unabridged
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 13.30cm
Weight:   0.181kg
ISBN:  

9781455881031


ISBN 10:   1455881031
Publication Date:   15 May 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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[On the Cold Coasts] is a tale of grand destinies, both personal and social, and has an exceptionally well-constructed plot. It is evident that the author undertook a great deal of research while writing the novel, and the social conflicts are clear and disturbing. A sharply drawn and very well written story. --Morgunbladid newspaper An action-packed, exciting story and a very enjoyable read. The author manages to create a highly believable atmosphere. --Iceland Channel 2 An excellent book in which to immerse yourself on a lazy morning... --RUV (The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service) Davidsdottir has written a fine book. --Strik.is ...There's no doubt that Davidsdottir has plenty of stories left up her sleeve. --DV Newspaper


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Vilborg Davidsdottir earned a degree in media studies from the University of Iceland in 1991 as well as a bachelor's in folkloristics and English in 2005 and a master's degree in folkloristics in 2011. She worked in the media for fifteen years as a journalist, radio programmer, and TV reporter but has focused on her writing since 2000. She has written six novels, three of which--By the Well of Fates (1993), The Norns Judgement (1994), and Audur (2009)--take place during the Viking Age in Iceland, Scandinavia, Scotland, and Ireland. Her other three novels--Sacrifice (1997), On the Cold Coasts (2000), and Raven (2005)--are set in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Iceland and Greenland. On the Cold Coasts is her first book to be translated into English. Vilborg lives in Reykjavik with her husband and is the mother of three children. Angela Dawe is an actor and improviser working with the Annoyance Theater and Second City in Chicago. Originally from Lansing, Michigan, Angela's career has encompassed stage, television, and film work, in addition to award-winning audiobook narrations, which include young adult, suspense, romance, and historical fiction titles. Alda Sigmundsdottir is a writer, journalist, and translator. She grew up in Iceland, Canada, and Cyprus, and has also lived in Great Britain and Germany. Her translation work spans almost two decades and incorporates everything from annual reports to literature. She chronicled Iceland's economic meltdown on her English-language blog, The Iceland Weather Report, and has subsequently been a frequent commentator and lecturer on her country's social and economic situation. She has also written extensively about Iceland for the foreign press. Her first book, The Little Book of the Icelanders, was published in 2012.

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