Denmark in the Viking era is the setting for this dramatic story of a headstrong Viking boy and his lovely Irish captive.

After the Viking invaders sacked and burned a village on the coast of Ireland, only one survivor remained, the young girl Ness. Her hiding place was quickly discovered by Beorn, the willful son of the Viking Sea King, and she was forced to return to Denmark as his slave. There, after the Sea King's death, Beorn's pride and fiery temper led him close to disaster, but Ness's wisdom and gentle Christian ways helped in his fight for the title that was rightfully his.

Beorn the Proud vividly evokes the excitement, danger, and challenge of life in Ireland and Denmark during the Dark Ages—a time when Christianity was just beginning to exert its influence on the pagan north. William Stobb's drawings capture the spirit and courage of this colorful era.

From the dust jacket