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The Last Light Of The Sun
by Guy Gavriel Kay
ISBN: 0451459857
ISBN-13: 9780451459855
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Guy Gavriel Kay creates yet another inspired mix of history and fantasy in this epic novel based on the events from the ninth-century reign of Anglo-Saxon king Alfred of Wessex. For years, the internecine squabbling between the various Cyngael and Angelcyn peoples has made them easy prey for Erling raiders. But the Angelcyn King Aeldred has devoted his reign to consolidating his hold on his lands, and his work is put to the test when a large force of Erlings invades. As always, the author provides readers with sympathetic characters on both sides of the conflict. This is a stand-alone novel, but fans of Kay will enjoy the brief references he makes to his two-book SARANTINE MOSAIC series, which is set 300 years before THE LAST LIGHT OF THE SUN. Those references help to accentuate one of the main points of the book: that the crushing weight of history has a tendency to obliterate the small-but telling-details that are so vital to people actually experiencing important events.
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"...Kay...deftly interweaves multiple plot stands." -- Faren Miller
-- Locus
"...[W]onderfully imaginative....[A] dazzling tapestry of conjoined fates. Solid research, filtered through vibrant prose, serves to convey a sense of how people really lived and died in Viking and Anglo-Saxon times and how they might have interacted with the realm of magic on a daily basis." (starred review)
-- Publishers Weekly
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Roc
Published date: 2005
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 1.15 pounds
Pages: 499
Publisher's Notes
The fates of three powerful civilizations--the Erlings of Vinmark, the Anglcyn kindom, and the Cyngael--clash in an evocative fantasy based on the legends of the ancient Celts, Anglo-Saxons, and Norse cultures. Reprint.
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The Last Light of the Sun
Kay, Guy Gavriel
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Roc, 2005 Softcover. Sound & nice copy, light to moderate rubbing/edgewear to wraps, slight lean to binding.. Trade Paperback. Good/n/a. ( more information)
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Kay, Guy Gavriel
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THE LAST LIGHT OF THE SUN
Kay, Guy Gavriel [cover art by Larry Rostant]
[New York]: A Roc Book [2005], 2005. First edition thus. "A powerful, moving saga evoking the Celtic, Anglo-Sanon, and Norse cultures of a thousand years ago..." 499 pages. VG copy [spine curved with light bumping to a portion of the lower front edge, light corner creasing].. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good. ( more information)
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Kay, Guy Gavriel
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Kay, Guy Gavriel
New York, New York, U.S.A.: ROC, 2005 USED - Standard. Book has light reading wear; light creasing to the spine; text is clean and unmarked. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Kay, Guy Gavriel
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Kay, Guy Gavriel
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