Book Description

Excerpt from Denmark and Iceland IN the present year the Danish monarchy reaches the thousandth anniversary of its foundation under Gorm the Old, Whose reign bridges over the interval between mere sagas and the dawn of history. Before his time all is dark and chaotic; after it we can trace every link in the long chain of descent, that binds together the Danish kings of the nineteenth century and this first ruler of a kingdom of Denmark. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.