In the medieval city of Paris, fifteen-year-old Princess Gisele bears witness to her father\'s historic efforts to negotiate a peace treaty with the notorious Viking warlord Rolf, a villain who is known throughout the land by his fierce battlefield alias, Rollo.
Is his young wife, Gisele, the ally Rolf needs to meet these challenges? Can she adapt to her role as wife of this strange and violent man? Gisele and the Northman is a fictional novel set in the turbulent era of tenth century France..
And disaffected men within Rolf\'s own ranks plot to overthrow him.
A Danish king covets the land.
Noblemen in Paris resent the king\'s offer of peace with their old foe.
Rolf\'s sovereignty over the land, granted under the terms of the fragile peace treaty, is threatened on all sides by scheming enemies.
He moves quickly to settle his men on the land he has been given around Rouen.
His marriage to Gisele marks an opportunity for their two peoples to put an end to bloodshed.
Experienced and cunning, he senses that the era of unrestrained violence by Northmen is coming to a close.
A Viking chieftain of renown, Rolf leads thousands of warriors.
It is only after the negotiations have concluded that she learns her fate--to become the warlord\'s wife.
In the medieval city of Paris, fifteen-year-old Princess Gisele bears witness to her father\'s historic efforts to negotiate a peace treaty with the notorious Viking warlord Rolf, a villain who is known throughout the land by his fierce battlefield alias, Rollo
