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With the hand of a master wordsmith, Frid Ingulstad guides the reader nearly a thousand years into the past. Where the sources are silent, she calls on her imagination to fill the gaps, with ideas both realistic and plausible. Much has changed since the time when the daughters of kings lived, loved, and suffered – both in terms of the law, views on human dignity, and in the everyday lives of women everywhere. But, people remain the same, ruled by passions and urges, love and hatred.Ingegjerd, daughter of King Olof of Sweden, is a rebellious seventeen-year-old who dreams of marrying the Norwegian king, Olaf Haraldsson. She’s never met him, but spent many years listening to the rumors that spoke of his bravery, talents, and fine good looks – the perfect husband for a princess of her breeding. As time passes, she finds herself becoming obsessed with Olaf, only to discover that her father has very different plans for her. He wants to marry her off to the Grand Prince of Kiev, to consolidate a peace treaty, and he isn’t the only one who would rather see her married to the Rus’ prince. Her sister, Astrid, wants the handsome Norwegian king for her own. When she finds out, Ingegjerd is furious, betrayed by her own sister. Won’t she ever meet the king of her dreams?Originally published in Norwegian by the Cappelen Damm Agency as Ingegjerd (Kongsdotrene #1). Translated to English and republished here with permission of both author and original publisher.

182 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

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Frid Ingulstad

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Frid Ingulstad er en norsk forfatter som har gitt ut 200 bøker. I tidligere år har hun vært radiotelegrafist og flyvertinne, før hun til slutt ble forfatter.

Ingulstad har i årene 2005-2010 vært Norges mestselgende forfatter, med opplag rundt en million bøker i året.
Størstedelen av utgivelsene hennes er serieromaner og pocketbøker. Før hun begynte som serieforfatter hadde hun imidlertid en betydelig produksjon av historiske romaner, barnebøker og faction-bøker for barn. Hennes mest kjente enkeltbok er "Munken", et manus som vant en konkurranse i Gyldendal forlag.

På 90-tallet begynte Frid Ingulstad å skrive serier. Først Kongsdøtrene for Familievennen (senere Kagge) forlag. Deretter skrev hun Ildkorset (12 titler) for Egmont Bøker Fredhøi, Ingebjørg Olavsdatter (45 titler) for N.W. Damm & Søn. I 2005 startet serien Sønnavind (Cappelen Damm), som ble en umiddelbar suksess, og som fortsatt er det i 2011. Sønnavind handler om livet ved Akerselva og fabrikkarbeidernes kår på begynnelsen av 1900-tallet.

Ingulstad møter ofte sine lesere på ulike arrangementer, og har flere ganger selv arrangert "Sønnavindvandring" langs Akerselva for sine lesere.

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