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Ace (1994), Edition: First Edition, 384 pages
Description
Tells how Arthur, the lost prince, fulfills his destiny by overthrowing Edeyrn, who has held the kingdom for two centuries and Arthur shares the double throne with his wife Gweniver.
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LibraryThing member johnwbeha
I thought I was getting too old for fantasy, until I found Patricia Kenneally's first trilogy of The Keltiad, an exciting mixture of space fiction and sword and sorcery. At the end of the third book we entered into Arthurian fiction and the second trilogy, of which this is the second book, takes us
However, this is not a simple re-telling, Kenneally-Morrison, as she now is, has built a totally new universe in which to set the tale, built upon old Celtic and Druidic foundations and as deep and complex as anything I have read since first reading "Dune" over 45 years ago. She weaves into this underlying fabric many of the different strands of the legends but alters them to fit into her grand design. The language fits the story beautifully, almost Tolkienesque at times.
I looked back and saw that I had only given the previous book 3 stars some nineteen months ago, but as I read this one, I recalled so much of the earlier book that I think I will need to revise my previous score.
Having read the first 100 pages I hastened to the computer to find the next one. It has arrived and I will read it soon. I am really looking forward to it.
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back in time in this alternate universe to tell us, through Taliesin's voice, the story of this alternate Arthur. I should confess, at this point, to being a fan of all things Arthurian.However, this is not a simple re-telling, Kenneally-Morrison, as she now is, has built a totally new universe in which to set the tale, built upon old Celtic and Druidic foundations and as deep and complex as anything I have read since first reading "Dune" over 45 years ago. She weaves into this underlying fabric many of the different strands of the legends but alters them to fit into her grand design. The language fits the story beautifully, almost Tolkienesque at times.
I looked back and saw that I had only given the previous book 3 stars some nineteen months ago, but as I read this one, I recalled so much of the earlier book that I think I will need to revise my previous score.
Having read the first 100 pages I hastened to the computer to find the next one. It has arrived and I will read it soon. I am really looking forward to it.
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Original language
English
Original publication date
1994
Physical description
384 p.; 9 inches
ISBN
0451453522 / 9780451453525
UPC
099769016001
Local notes
The lost prince, Arthur, finds his way to his long-prophesied destiny by overthrowing the Archdruid, Edeyrn the usurper, who holds all of Keltia enslaved with his evil magic.