This is a non-fiction book tracing the lives of some ordinary men and women living in 17th century Norway, combining their individual fate with a wider picture of the Scandinavian and European backdrop of the 1600s.
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"Plague, Piety and Long Distance Travels" with Atle Næss
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Join Norwegian writer Atle Naess as he presents material from his new book, to be published in Norwegian later this year.
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