Project Gutenberg 2019-10-03 Public domain in the USA. 250 Carling, John R. Cuneo, Cyrus 1879 1916 04009121 The Viking's Skull Produced by Tim Lindell, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Viking's Skull" by John R. Carling is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds in quaint Brittany, focusing on the life of an English lady named Edith Breakspear and her son Idris, whose mysterious past and ties to a powerful ancient artifact—the Viking altar-ring—set the stage for a tale of intrigue, loss, and vengeance. The novel delves into themes of identity, heritage, and the echoes of history that resonate through the lives of its characters. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to the little town of Quilaix, where Edith Breakspear lives with her son. Edith, cloaked in sorrow and mourning, creates a veil of mystery around herself, which intrigues the local townsfolk. The relationship between mother and son becomes the backdrop for the story as they navigate their isolated existence while hints of Edith's past and her husband's wrongful imprisonment emerge. When Edith reveals to Idris the importance of the ancient runic ring in their lives, the tale begins to intertwine love and loss with the secrets and dangers that their heritage brings into play. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Treasure troves -- Fiction PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 653564 2025-07-24T06:22:09.717808 text/html 644272 2024-10-17T14:03:56 text/html 1064406 2025-07-24T06:22:18.673732 application/epub+zip 1071531 2025-07-24T06:22:11.030807 application/epub+zip 325704 2025-07-24T06:22:10.323731 application/epub+zip 1273893 2025-07-24T06:22:24.372670 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1217953 2025-07-24T06:22:17.758791 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 473095 2022-09-27T09:35:19.085022 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 609197 2025-07-24T06:22:07.865771 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 589313 2024-10-17T14:03:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16830 2025-07-24T06:22:24.528666 application/rdf+xml 19815 2025-07-24T06:22:10.455754 image/jpeg 3298 2025-07-24T06:22:10.392741 image/jpeg 973590 2025-07-24T06:22:09.797780 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia