De ANGELI, Marguerite. Black Fox of Lorne. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company [1956]. 8vo, 191pp. Light green cloth stamped in black and navy. B&w illustrations throughout. Spine ends a bit worn, upper front corner less so, else an internally clean, bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (light edgewear, spine showing some cracking and a bit sunned, slight soling to rear panel, no medal affixed). Inscribed by the author/artist, Marguerite de Angeli!
First edition. 1957 Newbery Honor Book! Set in 1005 AD, twins Brus and Jan go a-Viking with their father Harald Redbeard and all their household. They plan to settle in England with Danish relatives there. But, their ships are caught in a fierce gale on the North Sea, and they are taken far off course to the western shore of Scotland. Held captive by a cunning Scottish Laird, Jan and Brus must navigate the political intrigue of chieftain, clan, and king without the help of their father, who has been killed and their mother, who is believed lost at sea.
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