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Chargement... Kin of Cain : A Short Bernicia Talepar Matthew Harffy
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This is a prequel novella to the author's Bernicia Chronicles series and features the hero Beobrand's older brother Octa (who is murdered at the beginning of the first book) and other warriors being sent out by King Edwin to hunt down and slay a mysterious beast that is terrorising the countryside and killing both animals and people. After adventures in the bleak misty and marshy locale, they eventually encounter the beast near its lair. It turns out to be a wild young man, who is protected by his mother.... and his name is Grendel! So this short story offers a theoretical origin for the Beowulf story. As such it is a good and well written piece though, while tragic, it doesn't really convince as the stuff of legend. ( ) Set in Anglo-saxon Britain (630 AD ) it represents a classic adventure story ( really a story because this is actually a novella ) and it has all the right ingredients : the king, the mead hall, the warriors,a famous sword, the ice-cold marshes, death and the shadow of a monster.An absolute brilliant read. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
630 AD. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical tale set in the world of The Bernicia Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell. Winter grips the land in its icy fist. Terror stalks the hills, moors and marshes of Bernicia. Livestock and men have been found ripped asunder, their bones gnawed, flesh gorged upon. People cower in their halls in fear of the monster that prowls the night. King Edwin sends his champions, Bassus, Octa and band of trusted thegns, to hunt down the beast and to rid his people of this evil. Bassus leads the warriors into the chill wastes of the northern winter, and they soon question whether they are the hunters or the prey. Death follows them as they head deeper into the ice-rimed marshes, and there is ever only one ending for the mission: a welter of blood that will sow the seeds of a tale that will echo down through the ages. Can't wait for the next instalment of the Bernicia Chronicles? Search to 9781784978853 pre-order KILLER OF KINGS! Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)823.92Literature English English fiction Modern Period 2000-ÉvaluationMoyenne:
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