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At one time very many centuries ago, we cannot say just when, for this was in the days of the early legends, there reigned over Upsala in Sweden a king named Erik. He had no son and only one daughter, but this girl was worth a dozen sons and daughters of some kings. Torborg she was named, and there were few women so wise and beautiful and few men so strong and valiant. She cared nothing for women's work, but was the equal of any man of the court in riding, fighting with sword and shield, and other athletic sports. This troubled King Erik very. | Tales Vol. 9 of 15 by Charles Morris 1 Tales Vol. 9 of 15 by Charles Morris Project Gutenberg s Historical Tales Vol. 9 of 15 by Charles Morris This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Historical Tales Vol. 9 of 15 The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. Author Charles Morris Release Date February 9 2007 EBook 20549 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL TALES VOL. 9 OF 15 Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Transcriber s note Ten minor typographical errors have been corrected in this text version. Édition d Élite Historical Tales The Romance of Reality By CHARLES MORRIS Tales Vol. 9 of 15 by Charles Morris 2 Author of Half-Hours with the Best American Authors Tales from the Dramatists etc. IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES Volume IX Scandinavian J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON Copyright 1908 by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. Illustration From Stereograph Copyright by Underwood Underwood . OLD BRIDGE AT OEREBRO. CONTENTS PAGE HOW KING ROLF WON HIS BRIDE 9 RAGNAR LODBROK AND HIS WIVES AND SONS 19 HAROLD FAIR-HAIRED FOUNDS THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY 31 GORM THE OLD DENMARK S FIRST KING 42 ERIK BLOOD-AXE AND EGIL THE ICELANDER 49 THE SEA-KINGS AND THEIR DARING FEATS 60 HAAKON THE GOOD AND THE SONS OF GUNHILD 69 EARL HAAKON AND THE JOMSVIKINGS 78 HOW OLAF THE SLAVE-BOY WON THE THRONE 89 OLAF DETHRONES ODIN AND DIES A HERO 98 OLAF THE SAINT AND HIS WORK FOR CHRIST 108 CANUTE THE GREAT KING OF SIX NATIONS 121 MAGNUS THE GOOD AND HAROLD HARDRULER 132 SVERRE THE COOK S SON AND THE BIRCHLEGS 145 THE FRIENDS AND FOES OF A BOY PRINCE 160 KING VALDEMAR I. AND BISHOP ABSOLON 169 THE FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES OF VALDEMAR II 176 Tales Vol. 9 of 15 by Charles Morris