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The Shield Ring
Novel by Rosemary Sutcliff
The Shield Ring is a 1956 historical novel for children written by Rosemary Sutcliff. It is the last in a sequence of novels, chronologically started with The Eagle of the Ninth, loosely tracing a family ... Wikipedia
It takes place during the Norman Rule of Britain, and tells the story of resistance against the Norman Conquest in the Lake District and North West England.
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Centering on a group of Vikings from a northern lake district she weaves a tale with so much realism and emotion that you could almost believe you were there.
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High in the mountains of the Lake District is a secret valley where the Vikings have their last stronghold--their Shield Ring. The Normans seek to crush ...
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Centering on a group of Vikings from a northern lake district she weaves a tale with so much realism and emotion that you could almost believe you were there.
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The Normans seek to crush this group of Northmen and to bring all of England under their control. They build a castle in Carlisle and send an army north.
It begins with the escape of small Frytha from a Norman raid on her father's farm, to Jarlstead, a Viking camp in the mountains. There she is taken in and cared ...
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High in the mountains of the Lake District is a secret valley where the Vikings have their last stronghold--their Shield Ring. The Normans seek to crush ...
Sep 1, 2021 · Plot. Five-year-old Frytha and her father's shepherd Grim are the sole escapees of a Norman reprisal against their farm, and Grim takes Frytha ...
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Growing up together in Jarl Buthar's Norse stronghold, they become fast friends, with Bjorn dreaming of becoming a harper like his father. As they come of age ...
Frytha a young, orphaned Saxon girl seeks refuge in the valley after her home is burnt by the Normans. She witnesses the waning power of the Norse as she joins ...