Vinland the Good
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Vinland the Good is the title of at least two books.
- It is a film script by British author Nevil ShuteNevil ShuteNevil Shute Norway was a popular British-Australian novelist and a successful aeronautical engineer. He used his full name in his engineering career, and 'Nevil Shute' as his pen name, in order to protect his engineering career from any potential negative publicity in connection with his novels.-...
telling the historical story of the discovery of America by Leif EricssonLeif EricsonLeif Ericson was a Norse explorer who is regarded as the first European to land in North America , nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus...
(so spelt) in 1003. The book was originally published in 1946 in England by Heinemann and in America by MorrowWilliam Morrow and CompanyWilliam Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, and sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981. It was sold along to the News Corporation in 1999...
, and re-published in America in 1998 by The Paper TigerPaper Tiger BooksPaper Tiger is a publishing house started in 1976 by Martyn and Roger Dean, on the back of their success at publishing Dean's Views graphic album under sister imprint Dragon's Dream...
(ISBN 1-8894-39-11-8). In his preface to the script, Shute says “I put a very little of [the story] into a novel which was published in 1939” – this was An Old CaptivityAn Old CaptivityAn Old Captivity is a novel by British author Nevil Shute. It was first published in the UK in 1940 by William Heinemann.-Plot summary:The principal character is a young Scottish pilot with bush-flying experience in Canada, Donald Ross, who is hired by an Oxford don, Cyril Lockwood, to pilot an air...
, actually first published in 1940.
- It is also a juvenile historical novel by Henry TreeceHenry TreeceHenry Treece was a British poet and writer, who worked also as a teacher, and editor. He is perhaps best remembered now as a historical novelist, particularly as a children's historical novelist, although he also wrote some adult historical novels.-Life and work:Treece was born in Wednesbury,...
, an account of the Viking explorations. It is a fairly faithful adaptation of the Greenland saga.