Download or read book Erling the Bold written by R. M. Ballantyne and published by VM eBooks. This book was released on 2016-07-30 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IN WHICH THE TALE BEGINS SOMEWHAT FURIOUSLY. By the early light of a bright summer morning, long, long ago, two small boats were seen to issue from one of the fiords or firths on the west coast of Norway, and row towards the skerries or low rocky islets that lay about a mile distant from the mainland. Although the morning was young, the sun was already high in the heavens, and brought out in glowing colours the varied characteristics of a mountain scene of unrivalled grandeur.