{"product_id":"kristin-lavransdatter-the-mistress-of-husaby-volume-ii","title":"Kristin Lavransdatter: The Mistress of Husaby (Volume II)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Sigrid Undset | Translated by Charles Archer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy, \u003c\/b\u003eSigrid Undset’s most famous work, is the story of an ordinary woman’s life in fourteenth-century Norway. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mistress of Husaby\u003c\/i\u003e―Volume II of \u003ci\u003eKristin Lavransdatter\u003c\/i\u003e―follows Kristin upon her marriage to Erlend Nikulaussön and her assumption of the duties of mistress of Husaby, Erlend’s family estate. Having repented of her sins and reckoned with their consequences for her new life, Kristin raises her sons and seeks reconciliation with her own mother and father. Yet the sternest challenge for Kristin comes when Erlend, embittered and impetuous, breaches their marital bond and draws charges of treason to the king.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Through God’s mercy were we two, all unworthy, joined together in  holy wedlock.…Should I think of aught else than that I am  his wife and he is my husband as long as we both live?”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKristin Lavransdatter \u003c\/em\u003ereceived immediate and worldwide appreciation as an exemplar of historical fiction and spiritual sensibility: hailed as the “noblest work of fiction ever to have been inspired by the Catholic art of life”; ranked amongst the greatest novels in world literature; compared favorably to Dostoevsky’s \u003ci\u003eBrothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e; and applauded for its revelation of the medieval world “with the richness and fullness of indisputable genius.” At the heart of \u003ci\u003eKristin Lavransdatter\u003c\/i\u003e, the source of its dramatic power and poignant beauty, is religion―the relationship between creature and Creator. Leaving no gap between this world and God’s world, Undset tells her trilogy with unwavering courage and conviction in the facts of man’s freedom and God’s mercy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSigrid Undset \u003c\/b\u003e(1882–1949) was a Norwegian novelist and essayist and a convert to the Catholic faith. In 1928, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. A number of Undset’s books are available from Cluny, including \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Orchid\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Burning Bush\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSaga of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 364pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685953874\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42861726793822,"sku":"978-1685953874","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/2929\/1614\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1236.jpg?v=1780986788","url":"https:\/\/nez-emporium.com\/products\/kristin-lavransdatter-the-mistress-of-husaby-volume-ii","provider":"Nez Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}