Ragnhild Hallén-Frisk Ragnhild Hallén-Frisk i(A101459 works by) (a.k.a. Ragnhild Frisk; Ragnhild Hallen)
Gender: Unknown
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Works By

Preview all
2 y separately published work icon Abandon and Destroy J. E. Macdonnell , ( trans. Ragnhild Hallén-Frisk )expression Stockholm : Wennerberg; Seelig , 1966 Z1260103 1963 single work novel war literature adventure 'Pelican' was the oldest and slowest destroyer in the flotilla. Rust-streaked and narrow-gutted, lacking modern equipment, she would be no loss to the Royal Australian Navy. Yet her tough, casual captain commanding an apparently ill-disciplined crew proudly scorned the order to abandon and destroy. - back cover
5 y separately published work icon Collision Course J. E. Macdonnell , ( trans. Ragnhild Hallén-Frisk with title Med Kurs Mot Katastrofen ) Stockholm : Wennerberg; Seelig , 1965 Z1260229 1964 single work novel war literature adventure

'They craved action! The crew of the Utmost felt the urge for action - in a ship with one gun and a short-range pom-pom.

"You're responsible," his first-lieutenant told the captain, Dutchy Holland. "You've made these men what they are. You toughened them. They're restless now."

Neither officer knew that Utmost was to see action soon...against a fast, heavily-gunned jap destryer on a vital mission!' - back cover (1964)
3 y separately published work icon The Betrayal J. E. Macdonnell , ( trans. Ragnhild Hallén-Frisk with title Hooky Walker I Djungeln ) Stockholm : Wennerberg; Seelig , 1965 Z1260201 1964 single work novel war literature adventure 'Suicide mission in Burma. After a few beers in Colombo Petty-officer Hooky Walker was ready to volunteer for duty anywhere with Lieutenant Peter Bentley, R.A.N. But he didn't know he was heading for Chitagong, to join a cut-throat raffish bunch of commandos setting out on a suicide mission in the Burma jungle. At sea it's fifteen miles to the horizon. A man's used to long distances when he's on look-out. Here you could see about five feet. And the Japs had strong patrols out...' - back cover (1964)
5 y separately published work icon The Rocky J. E. Macdonnell , ( trans. Ragnhild Hallén-Frisk with title Rekryten Rocky ) Stockholm : Wennerberg; Seelig , 1965 Z1258835 1961 single work novel war literature adventure
3 y separately published work icon Battle Line J. E. Macdonnell , ( trans. Ragnhild Hallén-Frisk with title Wind Rode Bordad Av Ubat ) Stockholm : Wennerberg , 1964 Z166475 1962 single work novel war literature adventure
5 1 y separately published work icon I Know My Love Catherine Gaskin , ( trans. Ragnhild Hallén-Frisk with title Jag Kanner Min Alskade ) Stockholm : Lindqvist , 1962 Z113891 1962 single work novel historical fiction
4 y separately published work icon Corporation Wife Catherine Gaskin , ( trans. Ragnhild Hallén-Frisk with title Kvinnorna ) Stockholm : Lindqvist , 1961 Z1031743 1960 single work novel
5 y separately published work icon Blake's Reach Catherine Gaskin , ( trans. Ragnhild Hallén-Frisk with title For Karlekens Vindar ) Stockholm : Lindqvist , 1959 Z1049078 1958 single work novel historical fiction

'The house on the marshes...

Born illegitimate, Jane Howard inherits nothing but the fiery hair and indomitable spirit of her mother's family, the Blakes. Yet when exquisite, extravagant Anne Blake dies, it is Jane who disposes of the debt-ridden London household.

She goes to Blake's Reach, the ancient marsh fastness of the Blakes, where the smugglers who prowl the marshes befriend her.

Then Charles Blake returns, an aristocrat fleeing the French Rebolution, and lays claim to Blake's Reach...' (Publisher's blurb)
7 8 y separately published work icon A Bid for Fortune ; Or, Dr Nikola's Vendetta Guy Boothby , ( trans. Ragnhild Hallén-Frisk with title Doktor Nikolas hamnd ) Stockholm : Skandinaviska Pressforlaget , 1944 1895 single work novel crime

'With money in his pocket after making his fortune in the South Seas, Richard Hatteras has London at his feet. Running afoul of the deadly Dr Nikola, however, was the worst thing he could do. Soon, young Dick is swept up into a maelstrom of blackmail, hypnotism, deceit and murder, where his betrothed is in danger, his potential father-in-law’s reputation is on the brink of ruination, and his very sanity is at stake. What can a two-fisted adventurer do against the vast and cold intellect that is Dr Nikola?'

Source: Publisher's blurb, Chimaera edition.
4 1 y separately published work icon Farewell, Nikola Guy Boothby , ( trans. Ragnhild Hallén-Frisk with title Farval Nikola ) Stockholm : Skandinaviska Pressforlaget , 1944 Z799080 1901 single work novel fantasy thriller

'This is the last of Boothby's Dr. Nikola novels, set in Venice, Italy. Nikola tells the story of his sad life, demonstrates his mystic ability to enable people to experience themselves in another place and time, transforms a man into being a beast, and departs from his palace in Venice which has a bloody history, but he remains in the minds of those who met him.'

Source: feedbooks.com
5 1 y separately published work icon Dr Nikola's Experiment Guy Boothby , ( trans. Ragnhild Hallén-Frisk with title Doktor Nikolas experiment ) Stockholm : Skandinaviska Pressforlaget , 1944 Z799047 1899 single work novel fantasy

Guy Boothby's fourth novel of five about the notorious Doctor Nikola, an occultist anti-hero seeking immortality and world domination.
X