Ensam i världen

Infobox Book
name = Ensam i världen
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author = Margit Sandemo
illustrator = Allied Artists/Pivie
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language = Swedish, Norwegian
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subject = Thirty Years' War
genre = Romance, Historical novel
publisher = Boknöje AB
release_date = 1998
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media_type = Pocket book
pages = 284 pp
isbn = ISBN 91-7713-022-7
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"Ensam i världen" in Swedish and "Ensom i verden" in Norwegian (in English "Alone in the World"; this novel has not has been translated into English) is a novel by Norwegian-Swedish author Margit Sandemo. The novel is about the Norway and life of a homeless and orphan girl called Kira in the maelstrom of the Thirty Years' War. Kira isn't her really name which she has been forgotten after her mother death. As typical of novels by Margit Sandemo, the life of Kira seems very desperate up to then she meets Johannes, the love of her life.

Content

THE FIRST PART: INFERNO
# Cold grimace of the war - 7
# A handsome nobleman - 13
# Homeless - 20
# The lion from Nordic countries - 26
# The current without return - 33
# "Master" - 40
# Guardian by the Rhen - 48
# Meeting in the night - 53
# Friendship - 61
# "Who are you, Kira?" - 70

THE SECOND PART: SKÅNE
# The pipe dream - 85
# The long homecoming - 95
# An old acquaintance - 104
# Frustrations - 115
# The fear in Wismar - 121
# The nightmare - 125
# Despair - 142
# A courier reaches - 147
# "Don't let her into the doors of house!" - 154
# Pro forma? - 163
# Night visit - 177
# Homecoming - 184
# The family - 193

THE THIRD PARTH: THE KEY
# The moon illuminates - 201
# The cheating key - 206
# Christmas - 211
# Unwaited help - 220
# A box - 229
# Conspirators - 237
# A letter - 242
# A guest - 252
# The other key - 261
# The unknown - 267
# About love and hate - 273
# A short epilogue - 281
# Sources - 285