- Crusades, Fiction, Middle Ages, Fiction, fantasy, general
Based on the troubadour culture that rose in Provence during the High Middle Ages, this panoramic, absorbing novel beautifully creates an alternate version of the medieval world.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and epic.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Guy Gavriel Kay
- First published
- 1992
- Pages
- 513
- Publisher
- BCA, ALIRE, Flammarion/XYZ
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- German, French, Dutch, English
- ISBN
- 9780517145128
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“There was very little wind, which was a blessing.”
Guy Gavriel Kay (born November 7, 1954) is a Canadian author of fantasy fiction. Many of his novels are set in fictional realms that resemble real places during real historical periods, such as Constantinople during the reign of Justinian I or Spain during the time of El Cid. Those works are published and marketed as historical fantasy, though the author himself has expressed a preference to shy away from genre categorization when possible. ([Wikipedia][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Gavriel_Kay
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