“Strike the sails!" King Olaf said; “Never shall men of mine take flight; Never away from battle I fled, Never away from my foes! Let God dispose Of my life in the fight!”

“The Saga of King Olaf” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Chapter One

Thyra, daughter of Harald Bluetooth, stood bravely before the little church her father had built in the beechwood forest of Roeskilde. It was even smaller than she rem. . .