The epic tale of Bridget Thorsdottir and the Greenland Vikings Keene, NH - October 30, 2014 - (iNewswire)
First time novelist Ben Robertson delivers equal parts action and history, adventure and philosophy in this epic novel of the late the Middle Ages. The Last Generation is set in the Eastern Colony of Norse Greenland in the year 1501, at the onset of the Little Ice Age and the Reformation. The Vikings first settled in Greenland around the year 1000, but now these once free people have given up their freedom to serve a greedy bishop and his English cohorts, who see the opportunity to profit from the booming North Atlantic cod fish trade.
When the bishop announces that the colony will relocate to Newfoundland, seventeen-year old Bridget Thorsdottir, who lives in the remotest part of the colony at Dyrnes, believes she and her family must flee Greenland . Bridget’s father, Thor, will not listen to her and refuses to abandon the land left to him by his Viking ancestors. Driven by nightmares of the encroaching ice, Bridget runs away with her step-brother Bjorn, hoping to find a new home and return at the end of summer. But when Bridget seeks help from her mother’s people, the nomadic Inuit living to the north, events at home force her back to the colony to confront the bishop and save her family.
The Last Generation is now available on Amazon and Amazon Kindle.
About Ben Robertson
Ben Robertson grew up in many places, including the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky, lower Manhattan, and New England. After studying at Fudan University in Shanghai following his senior year of high school, Ben studied Chinese in college and was an interpreter for CNN during the student protests in Tiananmen Square.
After several years working in business, Ben later became a professional actor under the tutelage of Penny Templeton and Harold Guskin in New York City.
Ben currently lives in Keene, New Hampshire.
Learn more at www.benhrobertson.com.
Contact Info:Menadena Publishing
PO Box 591
Keene
NH 03431
United States
6038522593 (Ben Robertson, Press Contact)
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