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Guy Gavriel Kay - Under Heaven, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

Under Heaven

Av Guy Gavriel Kay

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Beskrivning
An epic historical adventure set in an alternate 8th century China, from the author of the 2008 World Fantasy winner, Ysabel. Under Heaven is a novel of heroes, assassins, concubines and emperors set against a majestic and unforgiving landscape.Honour is beyond measureBut its price may be an empire…For two years Shen Tai has mourned his celebrated father and lived like a hermit beyond the borders of the Kitan Empire. There, by a mountain lake, the bones of the soldiers killed in great battles between the Kitai and the Tagurans lie unburied and their wailing ghosts strike terror into the living.Tai has laboured alone, laying to rest the mingled dead of both empires, until a letter arrives. It contains the promise of a poisoned chalice: Tai will be given two hundred and fifty Sardian horses by the Tagurans, legendary steeds from the far west, as a reward for his courage and piety.Now, Tai must try to return alive from solitude to a glittering, dangerous court. For to give a man even one of the famed Sardians is to honour him greatly; to give him so many is a reward which would overwhelm an emperor, and could be Tai's death warrant.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2011-02-03
  • Mått: 129 x 198 x 35 mm
  • Vikt: 410 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 576
  • Förlag: HarperCollins Publishers
  • ISBN: 9780007342105
  • Miljömärkning: Produced using independently certified paper to ensure responsible forestry management. (Certification is by FSC, PEFC or SFI.) Produced in the UK using 100% renewable electricity.
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Guy Gavriel Kay was born and raised in Canada. In 1974-5 he spent a year in Oxford assisting Christopher Tolkien in his editorial construction of J R R Tolkien’s posthumously published THE SILMARILLION. He took a law degree at the University of Toronto on his return to Canada and was admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 1981. Guy Gavriel Kay lives in Toronto.

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2 recensioner, genomsnitt 4/5

  1. 4/5 Ylva

    Briljant, komplex och vacker historia. Fascinerande inblick i fantasiversionen av Tang-dynastin. Skulle fått fem stjärnor om inte Kays unkna kvinnosyn (precis som i hans andra böcker) lös igenom.

  2. 4/5 Miroslaw K

    Blev positivt överraskad av denna välskrivna bok. En bok som byggs upp långsamt och där handlingen känns genomtänkt och allting hänger ihop på ett bra sätt. Har precis beställt uppföljaren.

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