- Juvenile fiction, Fiction, History, Orphans
A young girl witnesses the waning power of the Norse in their continuing conflict with the Normans in eleventh century England.
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About the book
- Author
- Rosemary Sutcliff
- First published
- 1956
- Pages
- 225
- Publisher
- Dell, Front Street, H.Z. Walck
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English, und
- ISBN
- 9780140349696
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