Mother of Kings

For the 1987 Polish film, see The Mother of Kings.

Mother of Kings is a historical novel by Poul Anderson. It was first published in 2001 by Tor Books. The book is an account of the life of Gunnhild, Mother of Kings, a tenth-century queen of Norway and wife of King Eirik Bloodaxe. It is based largely on the accounts of Gunnhild's life given in Egil's Saga and Heimskringla.

References

Anderson, Poul. Mother of Kings. New York: Tor (ISBN 0-765-34502-1, ISBN 978-0-765-34502-8), 2001, 2003.