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Early Kings of Norway

by Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

15 chapters, about 36,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. CHAPTER I. HARALD HAARFAGR. 1,600 words
2. CHAPTER II. ERIC BLOOD-AXE AND BROTHERS. 800 words
3. CHAPTER III. HAKON THE GOOD. 2,400 words
4. CHAPTER IV. HARALD GREYFELL AND BROTHERS. 1,300 words
5. CHAPTER V. HAKON JARL. 2,000 words
6. CHAPTER VI. OLAF TRYGGVESON. 1,300 words
7. CHAPTER VII. REIGN OF OLAF TRYGGVESON. 5,800 words
8. CHAPTER VIII. JARLS ERIC AND SVEIN. 1,700 words
9. CHAPTER IX. KING OLAF THE THICK-SET'S VIKING DAYS 2,700 words
10. CHAPTER X. REIGN OF KING OLAF THE SAINT. 8,300 words
11. CHAPTER XI. MAGNUS THE GOOD AND OTHERS. 3,600 words
12. CHAPTER XII. OLAF THE TRANQUIL, MAGNUS BAREFOOT, AND SIGURD THE CRUSADER. 2,200 words
13. CHAPTER XIV. SVERRIR AND DESCENDANTS, TO HAKON THE OLD. 800 words
14. CHAPTER XV. HAKON THE OLD AT LARGS. 800 words
15. CHAPTER XVI. EPILOGUE. 1,000 words

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