A vividly imagined chronicle of love, hatred, and revenge at a time when the Vikings were exploring to new worlds, Judith Lindbergh's spectacular debut novel takes its inspiration from Old Norse Sagas and creates the riveting story of a beautiful slave, her ill- begotten daughter, and their maligned but powerful mistress.

Lindbergh spent the last ten years researching and writing The Thrall's Tale. This monumental work, illustrated with maps and accompanied by historical notes, will surely appeal to readers of Norse history and sagas as well as to fans of great historical fiction like Anita Diamant's The Red Tent and Sena Jeter Naslund's Ahab's Wife.