Dietrich of Berne and the Dwarf King Laurin: Hero Tales of the Austrian Tirol

Collected and Retold by Ruth Sawyer and Emmy Mollès. Illustrated by Frederick T. Chapman. The adventures of Dietrich of Berne whose daring and courage won him many battles and friendships but never the thing he desired most - the hand of the Snow Queen. Laurin, though the king of the small people, fell in love with the Danish princess Kuenhild. After many tribulations, she agrees to marry him, on condition. A Foreword 7 I. The Boyhood of a Hero 11 II. The Making of a Hero 33 III. Dietrich Defends the Snow Queen 59 IV. Dietrich Is Knighted 86 V. The Crowning of a King 93 VI. King Laurin Goes Awooing 112 VII. The Rose Garden 129 VIII. Emperor of Rome 150 IX. The Last Treachery 170