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1988 Poltava - berättelsen om en armés undergång
1989 Det hotade huset
1991 Förflutenhetens landskap
1993 Ofredsår
1996 Brev från nollpunkten
2000 Den oövervinnerlige
2003 Tystnadens historia - och andra essäer
2006 Silvermasken
2008 Stridens skönhet och sorg
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2000 Den oövervinnerlige
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Den oövervinnerlige ("The Invincible One") describes the 1650s, which was a very dark and tumultous decade in Eastern Europe, with revolution, internal discord and war sweeping the lands. It was also the culmination of Sweden’s period as a major power, with aggressive invasions of several neighbouring countries, not least Poland. Now these events have been forgotten by most, save the experts. In Sweden we know the story of how the Swedish army in the face of all odds crossed the ice at the Great Belt, and brought Denmark to its knees. But who remembers the fact that once Sweden booked such success in battles and huge conquests, that people speculated about the Caspian Sea becoming the south-eastern border of the Swedish Empire? Apart from major political matters, apart from cultural history, and the tale of Erik Dahlberg’s journeys through the 17th century, there is also a portrait of Charles X, who perhaps remains the most anonymous of the rulers during Sweden’s period of greatness, but who was at the same time the most dangerous and complex of these. In 2000 it was shortlisted for the the Swedish August Prize. |
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