Birth of the Kingdom. Jan Guillou

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       PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS

       THE FOLKUNG CLAN

      Magnus Folkesson

      Erika Joarsdotter, his wife and Arn’s stepmother

      Sir Arn Magnusson

      Cecilia Algotsdotter, betrothed and then wife of Arn

      Magnus Månesköld, Arn and Cecilia’s son

      Ingrid Ylva, his wife

      Birger Magnusson, their son, Arn’s grandson, who becomes Birger jarl, King of Sverige, the new Sweden

      Alde Arnsdotter, Arn and Cecilia’s daughter

      Eskil Magnusson, Arn’s brother

      Torgils, Eskil’s son

      Birger Brosa, Arn’s uncle

       Sune Folkesson

       THE ERIK CLAN

      Knut Eriksson, King of the Swedes and the Goths

      Cecilia Blanca, his wife and close friend of Cecilia Rosa

      Erik jarl, their son, later King Erik

      Sverre, King of Norway

      Harald Øysteinsson, leader of the Norwegian forces

       THE SVERKER CLAN

      King Sverker Karlsson

      Helena Sverkersdotter, his daughter, who marries Sune Folkesson

      Archbishop Petter/Petrus

      Archbishop Absalon

      Archbishop Valerius

      Father Guillaume

      Brother Guilbert

      Brother Joseph d’Anjou

       Map

       ONE

      In the year of Grace 1192 just before the mass of Saint Eskil, when the nights turned white and the work of sowing the turnips would soon begin, a mighty storm came over Western Götaland. The storm lasted for three days and three nights, and it transformed the bright, promising season into autumn.

      On the third night after the midnight mass, most of the monks at Varnhem cloister were still sleeping soundly, convinced that their prayers were resisting the powers of darkness and СКАЧАТЬ