The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors

Set against the wind-scoured moors and storm-lashed coasts of medieval Denmark, The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors is one of Hans Christian Andersen's darkest and most powerful legends-a moral tale carved from history, faith, and fate.

High on the northern heath stands the convent of Borglum, ruled by Bishop Olaf Glob, a man of immense authority whose hunger for power outweighs mercy, kinship, and justice. When a widowed noblewoman refuses to surrender her rightful inheritance, the bisho...