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What if the love that draws you across the world begins before the life you remember?
Olaf Red-Cloak grows up among the Northmen, where courage, loyalty and a kept promise measure a man's worth. Proud and strong, he leaves the cold coasts of home for a wider world. In H. Rider Haggard's The Wanderer's Necklace, love and a jewel with a long history draw him far from familiar shores.
His journey brings the hard, plain world of the North into contrast with Constantinople. Sword fights and sea voyages carry the adventure forward, while Heliodore stands at the heart of Olaf's fate. Their bond seems to reach beyond a single life. For a man bound by honor, love tests what it means to keep faith when the cost is high.
What you’ll discover
- A warrior's binding code Follow Olaf as courage and loyalty demand more than strength with a sword.
- Love beyond one lifetime Explore a romance shaped by the possibility that souls may find each other again.
- From cold shores outward Travel from the Northern coasts toward Constantinople through an adventure of striking contrasts.
- A jewel with history Discover the necklace that helps draw a proud young warrior far from home.
- Adventure with emotional stakes Enjoy sword fights and sea voyages driven by love, loyalty and a costly sense of honor.
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You will enjoy it if you love sea battles, palace intrigue, ancient ruins and romances that reach across centuries, or if you like adventure stories told in a warm, storytelling voice.
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- A poet's betrothal at Lesso
- A bear hunt shows Olaf's courage
- A grave is robbed and a dream begins
- Betrayal and a war over one woman
- Olaf refuses Iduna and leaves the North
- Byzantium, an empress and a new faith
- Jealousy turns the palace to war
- Love and ambition pull Olaf apart
- What the story is about
Who’s who
- OlafA gentle Danish poet and skald who loves peace, forgives his enemies, and follows a dream of a lost love.
- Iduna the FairAthalbrand's lovely daughter, betrothed to Olaf, who wants jewels, admiration and power above loyalty.
- SteinarOlaf's foster brother, strong and kind, whose heart is drawn away by Iduna.
- FreydisaOlaf's nurse and a wise woman of Odin, who sees danger ahead and stays loyal to him.
- RagnarOlaf's fiery red-haired brother, who distrusts Iduna from the start and loves a good fight.
- IreneThe ambitious Empress of Byzantium, who loves Olaf and turns bitter when he chooses another.
- HeliodoreAn Egyptian prince's daughter who wears the other half of the necklace and is bound to Olaf across the ages.
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El collar del Vagabundo
by H. Rider Haggard · 1914
A Danish poet robs an ancient grave for a jewel and spends his life following the dream it brings.
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A poet's betrothal at Lesso
Olaf, the second son of Thorvald of Aar, is a skald who writes songs and loves peace. His father arranges his betrothal to Iduna the Fair, daughter of the scheming chief Athalbrand of Lesso. Iduna is lovely, but his brother Ragnar and his old nurse Freydisa distrust her.
The warning signs come early. Ragnar refuses her at once, and she hates him in return. Freydisa, a wise woman who serves Odin, tells Olaf that trouble waits for him, and that Iduna may spare him nothing.
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What is The Wanderer's Necklace about?
It follows Olaf, a Danish poet who robs an ancient grave for a necklace, then travels to Byzantium and Egypt. He seeks the woman from a dream, and war, jealousy and an empress stand in his way.
Who is the Wanderer in the book?
He is an ancient northern chief buried in a mound at Aar, wearing the necklace. Olaf dreams of being the Wanderer, and the modern narrator confirms that they are one soul in different bodies.
Is The Wanderer's Necklace a true story?
It is a tale of remembered lives, set in the time of the Empress Irene and the Caliph Harun al-Rashid.
The author
H. Rider Haggard
1856–1925 · English adventure novelist
Henry Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was an English novelist. He was born in Norfolk, lived in southern Africa from 1875 to 1881, and later settled in Norfolk. He wrote King Solomon’s Mines (1885), She (1887), and Beatrice (1890). He also wrote about agriculture and rural life. He died in London.
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