5/30/2023 0 Comments Three hearts and three lions![]() ![]() Seeking to return to his own world, Holger is joined by Alianora, a swan maiden, and Hugi, a dwarf. He finds the clothes and armor fit him perfectly, and he knows how to use the weapons and ride the horse as well as speak fluently the local language, a very archaic form of French. The shield is emblazoned with three hearts and three lions. He finds the equipment and horse of a medieval knight waiting for him. This world is divided between the forces of Chaos, inhabiting the "Middle World" (which includes Faerie), and the forces of Law based in the human world, which is in turn divided between the Holy Roman Empire and the Saracens. With a German force closing in, Carlsen is shot – and suddenly finds himself transported to a parallel universe, a world where northern European legend concerning Charlemagne ("The Matter of France") is real. ![]() At the shore near Elsinore, he is among the group of resistance fighters trying to cover the escape to Sweden of an important scientist (evidently the nuclear physicist Niels Bohr). Holger Carlsen is an American-trained Danish engineer who joins the Danish resistance to the Nazis in World War II. Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson ![]()
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