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Bezig met laden... Krispos of Videssos (1991)door Harry Turtledove
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![]() Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. ![]() ![]() After his own successful usurpation of the Videssosian crown, Krispos has to work hard to keep it and his head. assailed from without by a raider who used the grim Haloga tribesmen to wrher infedeak havoc in the northern reaches of the empire while Krispos tries to put down the rebellions inspired by the uncle of his predecessor. There are also doubts over who fathered the child growing in the belly of his empress - was it his, created during his affair with her while she was married to his predecessor, or was it that predecessor's brat, sired before his untimely end? This is the middle book in the Krispos trilogy but is probably the best written of them all and in a lot of ways the one with most fantastical elements in it. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Against all expectations, Krispos had won the crown of Videssos. But how long could he hope to keep head and crown together? For trouble was brewing in every, quarter. Civil war erupted under Petronas, the late Emperor's uncle. A brilliant general and a canny politician, Petronas had a very personal score to settle against the upstart Krispos. And even as rebel troops took the field against the untried Emperor, outland raiders swept down from the northlands in a tide of carnage. The power stemmed from foulest sorcery, and Videssos' wizards could not counter its evil curse. Krispos reign showed every sign of being brief -- and very bloody... Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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