Palle Graa by Thomsen, Sigrid - 1961

Copenhagen: Gutenberg, 1961 Book. Illus. by Svend Otto S [Svend Otto Sørensen ]. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition... In the 1530s Denmark was hit by civil war, and under the leadership of Skipper Kleem, the peasants struggle against nobility. Mr. Uffe Graa and his family flee to a castle on the Limfjord. But during the flight, the 14-year-old Palle is divorced from the family and has to manage himself. It leads to a host of exciting adventures - a part of them together with the girl Mette, whom he frees from captivity. Sigrid Thomsen (1906-1994) is the author of a number of children's and youth books.[Only 3 copies of this edition in Worldcat - None outside Europe ].