Ergebnis für "Ragnhild" in Historische Romane

The story opens in 1906 in New Rochelle, New York, at the home of an affluent American family. One lazy Sunday afternoon, the famous escape artist Harry Houdini swerves his car into a telephone pole outside their house. And almost magically, the line between fantasy and historical fact, between real and imaginary characters, disappears.

Crispin Tredarloe never meant to become a warlock. Freed from his treacherous master, he's learning how to use his magical powers the right way. But it's brutally hard work. Not everyone believes he's a reformed character, and the strain is putting unbearable pressure on his secret relationship with waste-man Ned Hall. Ned's sick of magic. Sick of the trouble it brings, sick of its dangerous grip on Crispin and the miserable look it puts in his eyes, and sick of being afraid that a gentleman magician won't want a street paper-seller forever....

Ragnhilds fortællinger om den fædrene gård på Island har spundet længslens tråd i barnebarnet Frejlifs sind. Da Ragnhild dør, er der ingen til at holde hånden over ham, og ingen til at holde de gamle guder i hævd. Nye skikke har indfundet sig i bygden, og Frejlifs familie har vendt sig til Hvidekrist. Et gammelt nag i familien blusser op og sender Frejlif bort fra bygden. Sammen med en frigiven trælkvinde finder han i skovene et efterladt spædbarn, en pige.