Name: A Song for Arbonne
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Author: Guy Gavriel Kay
ISBN: 9780451458971

Type

Physical Book

Author

Guy Gavriel Kay

Publisher

Roc Books

Year

2002

Language

English

Pages

512

Format

Paperback

Weight

ISBN

0451458974

ISBN13

9780451458971

Synopsis "A Song for Arbonne "

From the critically-acclaimed author of The Fionavar Tapestry comes an epic fantasy novel of love, both courtly and forbidden, and two kingdoms endlessly opposed... Blaise of Gorhaut is a warrior. He fought for his king and country, until the king died with an arrow in his eye at the battle of Iersen Bridge, and a dishonorable treaty ceded a good part of his country to foreign hands. He has broken relations with his father, adviser to the king of Gorhaut, and abandoned the use of his family name. Now, Blaise is a mercenary. He never expected to work for the lords of Arbonne, the warm, fertile lands south of Gorhaut, whose people praise the love of women—they even worship a goddess, instead of the god. They are a soft people, or so he thought. But for all their nonsense about love, their troubadours and songs, they will fight for their country, when invasion comes from the north.

Guy Gavriel Kay

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Guy Gavriel Kay (Weyburn, 1954) is a Canadian writer known for his historical fantasy novels, in which he merges fantastical elements with references to real historical periods. In his youth, he collaborated with Christopher Tolkien on editing The Silmarillion. His narrative style is distinguished by its thematic depth and focus on the complexity of characters and cultures.

Among his most notable works are The Summer Tree (1984), The Wandering Fire (1986), Tigana (1990), and The Lions of Al-Rassan (1995), all within the fantasy genre. He has received the Aurora Award for The Wandering Fire (1987) and Tigana (1991), as well as the World Fantasy Award for Ysabel (2008), cementing his prestige in fantasy literature.

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