Ragnarok
by A. S. Byatt
Norse MythologyNorse GodsWorld War, 1939-1945End of the worldEvacuation of civilians
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As the bombs of the Blitz rain down on Britain, one young girl is evacuated to the countryside. She is struggling to make sense of her new wartime life. Then she is given a copy of Asgard and the Gods -- a book of ancient Norse myths -- and her inner and outer worlds are transformed.
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Norse MythologyNorse GodsWorld War, 1939-1945End of the worldEvacuation of civiliansFiction
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EnglandGreat Britain
About the author
A. S. Byatt
24 Aug 1936 – 2023
Dame Antonia Susan Duffy (née Drabble; born 24 August 1936), known professionally by her former marriage name as A. S. Byatt, is an English novelist, poet and Booker Prize winner, and won the 2017 Park Kyong-ni Prize. In 2008, *The Times* named her on its list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. **Source**: [A. S. Byatt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._S._Byatt) on Wikipedia.
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