The acknowledged masterpiece of the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian
novelist Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter has never been out of
print in this country since its first publication in 1927. Its story of
a woman's life in fourteenth-century Norway has kept its hold on
generations of readers, and the heroine, Kristin--beautiful,
strong-willed, and passionate--stands with the world's great literary
figures. Volume 1, The Bridal Wreath, describes young Kristin's
stormy romance with the dashing Erlend Nikulausson, a young man perhaps
overly fond of women, of whom her father strongly disapproves.