The Race of the Birkebeiners by Lise Lunge-Larsen

The Race of the Birkebeiners by Lise Lunge-Larsen, illustrated by Mary Azarian is an untold story of bravery and tenderness during the year of 1206. This is the story of the Birkebeiners, the fiercest warriors in the land and how they saved infant Prince Hakon by skiing across the mountains of Norway in the dead of winter. Softcover edition.