Why a Booktrail?
1787: A priest sails to Greenland in 1787
The Prophets of Eternal Fjord
Why a Booktrail?
1787: A priest sails to Greenland in 1787
What you need to know before your trail
Idealistic, misguided Morten Falck is a newly ordained priest sailing to Greenland in 1787 to convert the Inuit to the Danish church. A rugged outpost battered by harsh winters, Sukkertoppen is overshadowed by the threat of dissent; natives from neighboring villages have united to reject Danish rule and establish their own settlement atop Eternal Fjord. As Falck becomes involved with those in his care-his ambitious catechist, a lonely trader’s wife, and a fatalistic widow he comes to love-his faith and reputation are dangerously called into question.
Travel Guide
Copenhagen
The sea has made his legs unsteady, now and then he murhes. The bustle of the city is overwhelming. Peasant carts with wares for the serving houses and market places come thundering, wagons with barrels of ale, carriages with shadowy figres behind the panes and coachmen elevated upon the box, marching soldiers with stamping boats and eyes that stare emptily ahead
Royal Copenhagen
Where Morton settles into his new life and learn about Linnaeus’s great nomenclature
The royal city is ninety thousand people squeezed inside a rampart, enclosing them within an area that may be wandered through on foot in less than an hour. the printer Scultz has a house on Norregade.
Greenland
“Stone. the Bedrock of Greenland. How will u bring forth a vegetable garden in a land in which one can hardly bury a body?”
“The colony is situated on a peninsula, which seen from the top of one of the fells to its rear, which he ascends the day after his arrival, resembles a crippled hand extending amputated fingers into the sea.”
“Afterwards they ask him again about Greenland and the savages, whether it is true that they go about naked…”
Godthåb is the capital city more commonly known as Nuuk. Its large fjord system is known for waterfalls, humpback whales and icebergs. The waterfront is dotted with brightly colored houses against the backdrop of Sermitsiaq mountain.
“Greenland is the means he requires to find meaning in his life”
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Prophets of Eternal Fjord
Destination : Denmark, Copenhagen, Nuuk, Greenland Author/Guide: Kim Leine Rasmussen Departure Time: 1700s
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