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An Old Captivity

by Nevil Shute

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Took this book from the bookcrossing point at Utrecht Central Station. It was an easy read and a surprising one. I can recommend it. I used an atlas to see where the journey went. (

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1940

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Greenland

Vinland

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A young airman, an Oxford don and his beautiful daughter are on an expedition to the Arctic. This time-travel story tells how they are transported by explorers of another age: the Norsemen and their long ships of a thousand years before.

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