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Bezig met laden... Harp And The Blade (editie 1985)door John Myers Myers (Auteur)
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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. Strictly, this is historical fiction, since there are no overtly supernatural elements, but it has the "feel" of first-class heroic fantasy like Poul Anderson or Fletcher Pratt. To me it is the best of Myers' books except maybe Silverlock. It is set in the reign of the Emperor Otto I of the Holy Roman Empire, but in France, chiefly on the borders of semi-independent Brittany. The hero is a fine Irish warrior-bard, Finnian, who becomes allied with Conan the Breton, possibly ancestor to the dukes of Brittany, currently fighting for those ;lands with a nasty warlord named Chilbert. The action is fast and furious, but Finnian also has time for clever bardic performances. My favorite scene is one where Finnian conveys a messags to a captive in the presence of his enemies using Ogham done with his fingers on his harp. The tale ends with Finnian rejected by the woman he has tried to woo, but he takes it cheerfully and gets drunk. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
The blue-painted wizard appeared and spoke to Finnian. "You let a man die today because you couldn't be bothered!" "It wasn't my business." "You think nothing in life is your business!" the wizard howled. "But I'll make it so tings will be!" Finnian waited alert, ready to kill if the wizard voiced a curse, but he only looked hard and said: "From now on, as long as you stay in my land, you will aid any man or woman in need of help." That didn't sound so bad . . . until Finnian discovered the whole realm needed help! Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The author is a fascinating figure in his own right; the book is a rollicking Dark Ages story of a bard who turns warrior and defender of the vulnerable, which would qualify as straight historical fiction, were it not for the first chapter in which the Little Folk put the protagonist under a geas which compels him to be helpful. As usual, the names are completely wrong, but the story is a decent fist at imagining historical France in the 6th or 7th century, and, as mentioned already, it is rollicking good fun. ( )