Language Finnish Publication date 1976 ISBN 951-30-3877-7 Followed by Karjalan kruunu Country Finland | Subject Middle Age, love Pages 306 pp Originally published 1976 Genre Historical Fiction Publisher Tammi | |
Media type Print (Hardback, pocket book) Similar Tuulihaukka, Aatelisneito - porvaristyttö, Viipurin kaunotar, Haukka - minun rakkaani, Vaskilintu | ||
Pirkkalan pyhät pihlajat (Finnish: The Holy Rowan Trees of Pirkkala) is a historical novel by Finnish author Kaari Utrio, first published in 1976.
The novel is divided into six parts. The first part sets the historical background from A.D. 800 to 1250 for the location of the holy rowan trees of Pirkkala. The rest five parts have each their own first person narrator (Filippa, Aleidis Ragvaldintytär, Kaarle Kustaanpoika, Barbara Catillina and Tuomas Haukka, respectively). The parts are divided into chapters and concentrate on years A.D. 1280-82 with flashbacks to earlier times.
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