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Home to three very different cultures, alrassan is a land of seductive beauty. Under heaven takes listeners to tang dynasty china, where the son of an honored general. This isnt 1990, audio books are a key part of the publishing business, why do people like this still get hired. The lions of alrassan kindle edition by kay, guy gavriel. The lions of al rassan is what is usually defined, as a fantasy book. The asharite empire has splintered into decadent citystates led by warring petty kings. The first edition of the novel was published in 1995, and was written by guy gavriel kay. The ruling asharites of alrassan have come from the dese. Peace among the jaddites, asharites and kindath is a. The awardwinning historical fantasies of guy gavriel kay have earned him international best seller status and placed his books atop his fans musthave lists. It is set in a peninsula of the same world in which the sarantine mosaic and the last light of the sun are set, and is based on moorish spain. Lions of alrassanthe sarantine mosaictiganasong for arbonneunder heavenriver of starslast light of the sun.
Sailing to sarantium audiobook guy gavriel kay audible. The lions of alrassan ebook written by guy gavriel kay. Its setting is very obviously that of spanish reconquista, though only the broad details of the geography have been preserved and all the names have been changed. Hauntingly evocative of medieval spain, a deeply compelling story of love, adventure, divided loyalties, and what happens when beliefs begin to remake or destroy a world. The audiobook read by berny clark started out a bit off because he read the prologue in this weird.
From the very first paragraph, youre borne along on. Thats one of the things kay always does in his books, leaves me pondering with a bittersweet sense of loss and longing. Main characters jehane is a young kindath physician, the daughter of the famous ishak ben yonannon. The lions of al rassan kindle edition by kay, guy gavriel. The lions of al rassan is, in many ways, the seminal novel in guy gavriel kays opus. Top 10 best guy gavriel kay books list of books by guy. Ive read lions of alrassan, and under heaven and theyre both excellent. This all plays across the backdrop of a fantasy version of the iberian peninsula prior to the reconquista.
Home to three very different cultures, alrassan is a land of seductive beauty and violent history. The jaddites are pretty plainly christians, the kindath are jewish, and the asharites are muslims more or less. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the lions of alrassan. If you like 1 month unlimited audiobook listening 12. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 528 pages and is available in paperback format. The lions of alrassan seattle public library overdrive.
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