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The Bell in the Lake (Unabridged)
The first in a rich historical trilogy that draws on legend, by a literary craftsman and the author of The Sixteen Trees of the Somme. Norway, 1880.
About The Bell in the Lake (Unabridged)
The first in a rich historical trilogy that draws on legend, by a literary craftsman and the author of The Sixteen Trees of the Somme.
Norway, 1880. In the secluded village of Butangen at the end of the valley, headstrong Astrid dreams of a life beyond marriage, hard work and children. And then Pastor Kai Schweigaard comes into her life, taking over the 700-year-old stave church with its carvings of pagan deities.
The two church bells were forged by her forefather in the 16th century, in memory of conjoined sisters Halfrid and Gunhild Hekne, and are said to have supernatural powers. But now the pastor wants to tear it down, to replace it with a modern, larger church. Though Astrid is drawn to him, this may be a provocation too far.
Talented architecture student Gerhard Schonauer arrives from Dresden to oversee the removal of the church and its reconstruction in the German city. Everything about elegant Schonauer is so different, so cosmopolitan. Astrid must make a choice: for her homeland and the pastor, or for a daunting and uncertain future in Germany.
Then the bells begin to toll ...
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More by Lars Mytting
Norwegian Wood : Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way
The Night of the Scourge (Sister Bells)
The Sixteen Trees of the Somme
The Reindeer Hunters : A Novel (Sisters Bells Trilogy)
Søsterklokkerne
Die Glocke im See (Ungekürzt)
Los dieciséis árboles del Somme
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