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| Édition d'Élite |
| Historical Tales The Romance of Reality By CHARLES MORRIS Author of "Half-Hours with the Best American Authors," "Tales from the Dramatists," etc. IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES Volume IX Scandinavian |
| J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON |
| Copyright, 1908, by J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. |
From Stereograph Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y.
OLD BRIDGE AT OEREBRO.
CONTENTS
- How King Rolf Won His Bride [9]
- Ragnar Lodbrok and His Wives and Sons [19]
- Harold Fair-Haired Founds the Kingdom of Norway [31]
- Gorm the Old, Denmark's First King [42]
- Erik Blood-Axe and Egil the Icelander [49]
- The Sea-Kings and Their Daring Feats [60]
- Haakon the Good and the Sons of Gunhild [69]
- Earl Haakon and the Jomsvikings [78]
- How Olaf, the Slave-Boy, Won the Throne [89]
- Olaf Dethrones Odin and Dies a Hero [98]
- Olaf the Saint and His Work for Christ [108]
- Canute the Great, King of Six Nations [121]
- Magnus the Good and Harold Hardruler [132]
- Sverre, the Cook's Son, and the Birchlegs [145]
- The Friends and Foes of a Boy Prince [160]
- King Valdemar I. and Bishop Absolon [169]
- The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Valdemar II [176]
- Birger Jarl and the Conquest of Finland [186]
- The First War Between Sweden and Russia [196]
- The Crime and Punishment of King Birger [202]
- Queen Margaret and the Calmar Union [211]
- How Sir Tord Fought for Charles of Sweden [217]
- Sten Sture's Great Victory Over the Danes [226]
- How the Ditmarshers Kept Their Freedom [236]
- The Blood-Bath of Stockholm [241]
- The Adventures of Gustavus Vasa [252]
- The Fall of Christian II. the Tyrant [271]
- The West Gothland Insurrection [283]
- The Love Affairs of King Erik [296]
- Gustavus Adolphus on the Field of Leipsic [310]
- Charles X. and the Invasion of Denmark [319]
- Charles XII. the Firebrand of Sweden [326]
- The English Invaders and the Danish Fleet [343]
- A French Soldier Becomes King of Sweden and Norway [349]
- The Dismemberment of Denmark [358]
- Breaking the Bond Between Norway and Sweden [362]