The Master of Hestviken: The Snake Pit (Volume II) knox planted firmly in the fertile

planted firmly in the fertile soil of authentic experience

There he stands

but conflict

for its simplicity of content and sincerity of intent

No longer are they children

The Master of Hestviken: The Snake Pit (Volume II) knox planted firmly in the fertileBy Sigrid Undset Translated by Arthur G. Chater The Master of Hestviken tetralogy, set in thirteenth century Norway, is the story of Olav Audunsson, a man whose life is a chronicle of conflict: between the brutal facts of the fading pagan order and the ascendant light of Christianity, between violence and peace, fidelity and betrayal, transgression and redemption. The Snake Pit follows Olav and Ingunn as they return to Olavs ancestral home of