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The captivating early history of Sweden - now in paperback!

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"Moberg succeeds in building up a picture of the medieval tiller of the soil that is full of insights and presented with a compassion, an enthusiasm and a freshness." -Times Literary Supplement
"'The history of Sweden is the history of her commons' - such is the motto and theme of this highly personal history of Sweden by its best-selling novelist." -Library Journal
"An absorbing narrative history . . . A humanistic observer, Moberg gracefully intermingles facts, informed suppositions, and source references." -Booklist

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ContentsForeword by Gunnar Myrdal The Author on his History The Swede as Bondsman The Swedish Peasant Celebrates his 5,000th Anniversary 30100 Kings Peasant Seafarers of the 9th Century The 300 Years' War A Family of Royal Criminals "You Have Blood in Your Crown, King Magnus!" The Ship of Death On Mediaeval People What the Provincial Laws relate Scandinavia's Greatest Monarch

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    A Paperback / softback by Vilhelm Moberg, Gunnar Myrdal, Paul Britten Austin

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: 07/02/2005
      ISBN13: 9780816646562, 978-0816646562
      ISBN10: 0816646562
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The captivating early history of Sweden - now in paperback!

      Trade Review
      "Moberg succeeds in building up a picture of the medieval tiller of the soil that is full of insights and presented with a compassion, an enthusiasm and a freshness." -Times Literary Supplement
      "'The history of Sweden is the history of her commons' - such is the motto and theme of this highly personal history of Sweden by its best-selling novelist." -Library Journal
      "An absorbing narrative history . . . A humanistic observer, Moberg gracefully intermingles facts, informed suppositions, and source references." -Booklist

      Table of Contents
      ContentsForeword by Gunnar Myrdal The Author on his History The Swede as Bondsman The Swedish Peasant Celebrates his 5,000th Anniversary 30100 Kings Peasant Seafarers of the 9th Century The 300 Years' War A Family of Royal Criminals "You Have Blood in Your Crown, King Magnus!" The Ship of Death On Mediaeval People What the Provincial Laws relate Scandinavia's Greatest Monarch

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