The PretendersDramatises the struggle for power in thirteenth century Norway between Haakon Haakonsson and Earl Skule Baardsson. Despite quite generous treatment from Haakon, who is elected king, Skule is egged on to revolt by Nicholas Arnesson, Bishop of Oslo, a man frustrated in his own lust for power. |
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