Firelord
by:
Parke Godwin (author)
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780380775514 (0380775514)
ASIN: 0380775514
Publish date: 1994-05
Publisher: Avon Books
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Mythology,
Arthurian,
Fiction,
Historical
The King Arthur tale but one that shows him and the people swept up into his wake as humans, with all the good and bad that entails.The story flows as it unfolds, the writing having a certain rhythm to it.Characters are believable, and their failures as much as successes, griefs as much as joys are ...
A retelling of the Arthurian legend... reminded me of Bernard Cornwell's "The Winter King" in that this is a very gritty, militaristic view of Arthur's story, without any mystical or supernatural elements. Perhaps "Winter King" was even more gritty and unromantic, but "Firelord" is also set in a pot...
Parke Godwin has a singular voice. His retelling of the Arthurian legend is the best I have read and I think I have read them all. His historical background is solid. The voice of Arthur as narrator sounds as real as the person sitting next to you on the bus. Best of all, the tale told here is to...
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