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New York : Ballantine Books, 1968, c1969
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The second volume in the classic epic trilogy of parallel worlds, admired by Tolkien and the great prototype for The Lord of the Rings and modern fantasy fiction. A lady strays from a garden path and enters a different realm. A king wages dynastic war for control of three kingdoms. As villains plot to take control of an alternate world inhabited by the souls of the dead, a mysterious, magical woman seeks her destiny, igniting a splendid pageantry of battles and quests, poisonous love and triumphant passion, doomed loyalties and unsurpassed courage. And while Edward Lessingham engages in an earthly romance in twentieth-century England, seduction in Zimiamvia takes place over the most lavish of banquets...
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LibraryThing member antiquary
The weakest book of a great series. Worm Ouroboros and
Mistress of Mistresses are two of the greatest fantasies I've ever read; this is interesting because of its links as a prequel with Mistress, but it is episodic and mixed with some mildlty unpleasant scenes in our world. (A racist encounter with
Mistress of Mistresses are two of the greatest fantasies I've ever read; this is interesting because of its links as a prequel with Mistress, but it is episodic and mixed with some mildlty unpleasant scenes in our world. (A racist encounter with
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a black boxer), The episode between Baias and Fiorinda did inspire my sonnet "Baias in Krestenaya." Show Less
LibraryThing member John_Thorne
The second book in the Zimiamvian trilogy. Eddison's philosophy comes to the fore here, at the expense of the narrative, which alternates between parallel narratives in Zimiamvia and Earth.
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1941
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356 p.; 18 inches
ISBN
0345272226 / 9780345272225