Description: Acceptable. Spine is well creased. Covers worn. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780380698875ISBN:0380698870
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice tight copy, minor tear on cover, great condition! Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Avon Books, Inc
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780380698875ISBN:0380698870
Description: Grade: B. Catalog: Fiction Historical Synopsis: 383 pages. In a snowbound inn high in the Alps, four people have met who will alter fate: a noble Byzantine mercenary; a beautiful Florentine woman ph... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Avon
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780380698875ISBN:0380698870
Description: Good in Unknown jacket. Good to Very Good 0380698870 Tight, slanting spine, some cover and edge wear and no markings. Fiction. (#1311) read more
Edition: 1st Avon 04/1985
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Avon
Date Published: 1985-03
ISBN-13:9780380698875ISBN:0380698870
Description: Has no marking. Has very light s. Mass Market Paperback: Avon: 69887: 1st Avon 04/1985: Has no marking. Has very light spine reading creases. Binding is square and tight. : Cover Artist: None Credited. read more
Description: Good-Bit of Wear in Acceptable-See Description jacket. Hardcover Jacket has moderate wear, mostly around edges, and superficial scratches. read more
Binding: Book Club HC
Publisher: Timescape Books
Date Published: 1983
Description: Grade: C. Catalog: Fiction Historical Synopsis: 333 pages. The year is 1478, the dawn of the Renaissance. the Wars of the Roses have put Edward IV on the throne of England. Lorenzo the Magnificent's... read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Avon
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780380698875ISBN:0380698870
Description: Sanjulian. Good. No dust jacket as issued. VG- 383 p. 1st paperback edition from Avon, 1988. VERY GOOD MINUS. Sanjulian wrap-around cover art. WORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNER! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Avon, New York
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780380698875ISBN:0380698870
Description: Very Good. Very Good. Very Good. Small creases to spine, tiny 1/8 inch tear on cover, i nteriors ar e tight and slightly yellowed. A great reading copy. John M. Ford 's brilliant blend of alternate history and fantasy. Emperor Just inian reserves Paganism throughout the Roman Empire, and never di es, owing to Vampirism. In the middle of this reim agining of Euro pean history, "The Dragon Waiting" becomes a lock ed room mystery, connecting various characters, before setting o ff in more Epic t ... read more
Edition: Q 40
Binding: Hardback Book Club Edition
Publisher: Timescape
Description: Very Good: Has former owners boo. Hardback Book Club Edition: Timescape: 05909: Q 40: Very Good: Has former owners book plate on the front end page: Dust Jacket has minor edge wear. : Dust Jacket: Cover Artist: Howard Koslow. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Avon
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780380698875ISBN:0380698870
Description: Sanjulian. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. VG+ 383 p. 1st paperback edition from Avon, 1988. VERY GOOD PLUS. Sanjulian wrap-around cover art. WORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNER! read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Avon Books, New York
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780380698875ISBN:0380698870
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. (042607) Mass market paperback is brand new in Near Mint condition. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
""Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, King of England, was killed in battle 22 August 1485 at a place called Redmoor Plain, near the village of Market Bosworth. Until recently, many historians dated the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance from Richard's death, as if he were personally standing in the way of History."
A fascinating yet telegraphic fantasy, set in an alternate history where Christianity is nearly absent and Constantinople never gets sacked. I need to reread it."
"It was an engrossing story and I liked it. Vampires, wizards, Plantagenets, what's not to like? Ford knows a lot about the history of the late middle ages, and it shows - this alternate history is well grounded in real history. However the novel has an oblique style that I found a bit frustrating. Major parts of the story seem to take place essentially off stage.
He would lead you right up to some happening; a knife is approaching the character and then, pphhmmmff, you are somewhere else with some other character who is having lunch. A couple chapters later the character who was being approached with a knife shows up with a bandage on. Nobody really discusses what happened. A character is fleeing through the forest, a shot rings out, zip, you're at the lake with a different character. Later the forest guy shows up with a limp. A character has a secret. Three chapters later everyone knows the secret. How? I dunno.
A couple times I actually checked the pagination to see if maybe there were some pages missing or I'd had some sort of memory lapse. So I found that odd and a little irritating. Kind of like when you were a kid and the grown ups wouldn't tell you what was going on so you had to guess based on observation."
"This book is really good, right from the start. It's set in an alternate history where Rome has risen again (now called Byzantium) and they are sharing France with England and are getting ready to march on Italy. The Medicis are featured and mention of Henry VIII is also made. The first part was split between three characters in each country. Even though I'm so tired at night, I can't help reading it.
It's an excellent book, but I've lost all brain power and now have no idea at all what is happening. Literally. With about 1/3 left, there is no way I could tell you what is happening after the first part."
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