作者简介
RobertFergusonisoneoftheworld'sleadingscholarsinScandinavianstudies.AfterstudyinginLondonunderPeterFoote,co-authoroftheclassicVikingAchievement,heemigratedtoNorwayin1984.AttheinvitationoftheNorwegianGovernmenthehaslecturedonaspectsofNorwegianandScandinavianhistoryandcultureatembassies,universitiesandotherculturalvenuesinStPetersburg,NewDelhi,Mumbai,Oslo,Bergen,Prague,Warsaw,Riga,Edinburgh,Vasa,NewYorkandattheLibraryofCongressinWashington.HispreviousbooksincludebiographiesofHenrikIbsenandKnutHamsun,andin2002hisVikingAgenovelSistekjarlighet(LastLove),basedonthe13thcenturySagaofHallfredtheTroublesomePoet,waspublishedtocriticalacclaiminNorway.TheHammerandtheCrosswaswrittenbetween2002and2009inOsloandontheIsleofCumbrae.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.
