The Viking Who Wanted to Marry the Daughter of Silk - Katarina Mazetti

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Summary : On an island in Southern Sweden in the 10th century, a man lives alone on a farm with his two sons. Their path is set: to sail far away, to wage war across the seas to the West or to trade on the waterways of the East. Across the Baltic Sea, in Kyiv, live a silk merchant and his family. Radoslav dreams of becoming a soldier, his sister Milka is a refined young girl who plays with her two slaves: the dark-skinned Petite Marmite and the slant-eyed Poisson d'Or. When the beautiful Eastern city falls into the hands of looters, Milka and Radoslav find refuge with rough navigators from the North. From then on, the destiny of the two families is forever intertwined. To write this historical novel full of suspense, adventure, magic, revenge, and love, Katarina Mazetti relied on solid documentation. Blending her characteristic frank humor with a newly discovered taste for poetry and legend, she achieves an exhilarating variation on the clash of cultures.

Genre : Contemporary, historical fiction

Publisher : Actes Sud, Babel collection

Format : Paperback

Publication date : 2015

Number of pages : 290

ISBN : 9782330053956