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Vígroði

Auður djúpúðga elur upp son sinn á eigin jörð á Katanesi. Hún hefur haldið sig fjarri Suðureyjum frá því að leiðir hennar og Ólafs hvíta Dyflinnarkonungs skildu af ótta við að Ketill flatnefur, faðir hennar, gefi hana manni á ný. Að veturnóttum 865 kemur hún þó í föðurhús, til brúðkaups bróður síns og dóttur Ingólfs Arnarsonar. Þar spá dísirnar því að vígroða muni brátt slá á víkinga í Vesturhafi. Og víst horfir ófriðvænlega á norðanverðum Bretlandseyjum þar sem innfæddir veita norrænum mönnum æ meiri mótspyrnu og Orkneyjajarl ásælist aukin völd. Þá ræðst Dyflinnarkonungur inn í Péttland, öllum að óvörum, og leiðir þeirra Auðar liggja saman að nýju …

Vígroði er framhald af skáldsögunni Auður sem kom út 2009, naut geysilegra vinsælda og var tilnefnd til Íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunanna.

264 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2012

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Vilborg Davíðsdóttir

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Vilborg Davidsdottir was born in 1965 in Thingeyri, a village in the remote Westfjord Peninsula of Iceland. Her background is in journalism and ethnology (folkloristics). In her MA thesis in ethnology, she wrote about the storytelling tradition in the Shetland Isles, UK. Vilborg worked in various media from 1985 to 2000. Since then, she has dedicated herself to writing.

Her tenth and latest book, Under Yggdrasil (2020), is a gripping novel inspired by the Icelandic Sagas, set in the early Viking Age, as was her acclaimed trilogy of novels on Aud the Deep-Minded, the first of which was nominated for the Icelandic Prize for Literature. Vilborg’s historical novels have been tremendously popular over the last decades, especially as they throw a new and unexpected light on the lives of women in the Viking Age. For further information on Under Yggdrasil, see http://www.davidsdottir.is/new-under-...

Her first novel, Við Urðarbrunn, (By Urd’s Well) was published in 1993 and a sequel, Nornadómur (Norns’ Judgement) in 1994. These tell the story of a young slave woman in 9th century Iceland, the daughter of a Norwegian chieftain settler and his Irish slave, and her pursuit for freedom. The story is set in Iceland, Scandinavia and the Scottish Isles.
Við Urðarbrunn was awarded by the Icelandic section of IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) in 1994, and a year later, the sequel, Nornadómur, received the Reykjavík School Council Award. In 2001 the books were published in a single volume titled Korku saga. Both novels have enjoyed great popularity in all age groups and have been widely read in secondary schools, ever since the first publication.

Vilborg's third book, Eldfórnin (1997) is a historical novel set in the 14th century, and takes place in the nunnery at Kirkjubaer in South Iceland. The events of Vilborg's fourth novel, Galdur (2000) are also based on historical events, this time in the 15th century, in Skagafjord in North Iceland, when Englishmen dominated the trade and were highly influental in Iceland.

Sources describing the lives of the Inuit and the Norse inhabiting Greenland in the middle 15th century provide the background for Vilborg's fifth novel, Hrafninn (2005). The story touches on the mysterious disappearance of the settlements started in Greenland by Icelandic settlers around the year 1000. Hrafninn was nominated for the Icelandic Literature Prize. Film rights have been sold to an Icelandic film maker, Köggull ehf.

Auður (2009), Vilborg’s sixth novel, tells the story of the only Viking woman known to have led her own independent settlement expedition to Iceland. Aud the Deep-Minded was married to the first Viking king of Dublin in Ireland and set sail from the British Isles to Iceland where she settled in the west of the country, setting her slaves free. Auður was also nominated for the Icelandic Literature Prize. A sequel, Vígroði (Crimson Skies) was published in 2012 and the last book of this trilogy, Blóðug jörð, (Ocean Road), in 2017. The novels about Aud the Deep-Minded have been highly praised by readers and critics alike and the rights to produce TV series based on the trilogy have been sold to Deepminded3 AB in Sweden.

In autumn 2017 Vilborg put on a storytelling show about Aud, performed at the Settlement Centre in Borgarnes, Iceland. The event turned out to be quite popular, so much that it was run till spring 2019, with each of the 30 events sold out.

Vilborg’s memoir, Ástin, drekinn og dauðinn (On Love, Dragons and Dying) was published in 2015. Here, she tells the story of her husband’s journey with terminal brain cancer, “the Dragon”, and her first year as a widow following his death in 2013. This unique memoir has been highly acclaimed by readers and critics alike.

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Profile Image for Hrafnhildur Hreinsdóttir.
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July 16, 2013
Las þessa bók um daginn en ég hafði áður lesið fyrstu bókina um Auði (djúpúðgu). Þetta er stór saga um stóra sögu og auðsætt að Vilborg hefur lesið sér mikið til um Auði og það tímabil sem hún var uppi á. Gaman að sjá söguna frá sjónarhóli konu en Íslendingasögurnar eru flestar ef ekki allar sagðar af körlum. Sagan virkaði einhvern vegin raunsönn á mig - svona hefði þetta verið. Persónur gerðar lifandi og sögusviðið trúverðugt. Ég mæli hiklaust með þessum bókum og hlakka til að heyra um Auði þegar hún kemur til Íslands og nemur þar land.
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20 reviews1 follower
August 9, 2019
Frásögnin, sem fór frekar þunglamalega af stað í fyrstu bókinni, Auði, er komin á fullt skrið í þessari annarri bók af þremur um líf Auðar djúpúðgu. Gat varla lagt hana frá mér þessa rúmu viku sem tók að lesa hana. Margborgaði sig að hafa þá síðustu, Blóðuga jörð, tilbúna á náttborðinu.
141 reviews
January 10, 2021
Mjög vel skrifuð og mikill fróðleikur þó um skáldskap sé að ræða. Mikil vinna liggur að baki og ótrúlegar lýsingar á þessum eldgamla tíma. Las fyrstu bókina og get ekki beðið eftir þeirri þriðju.
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April 22, 2013
Las þessa aftur til að rifja upp söguna áður en ég læsi Blóðuga jörð. Það var of langt síðan ég las hinar bækurnar til að detta inn í söguna og njóta hennar sem skyldi. Ég sé ekki eftir því að hafa lesið þessa aftur en tvílesning bóka hefur ekki átt upp á pallborðið hjá mér hingað til. Frábær saga hjá Vilborgu.
Það væri eiginlega alveg frábært ef Vilborg tæki fleiri landnámskonur til nánari skoðunar og spynni um þær trúverðugar sögur.
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