Keith Taylor (1) (1946–)
Autore di Bard
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Serie
Opere di Keith Taylor
The Unlawful Hunter 2 copie
Spears of the Sea-Wolves 2 copie
The Brotherhood of Britain 1 copia
Hungry Grass 1 copia
The White Doe 1 copia
Sepulchres of the Undead 1 copia
Corpse's Wrath 1 copia
The Ordeal Stone 1 copia
Emissaries of Doom 1 copia
Daggers and a Serpent 1 copia
Revenant 1 copia
Men from the Plain of Lir 1 copia
The Haunting of Mara [Fal] 1 copia
The Bath-house 1 copia
At the Edge of the Sea 1 copia
The Lost Ship 1 copia
Where Silence Rules 1 copia
On Skellig Michael 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur (1989) — Collaboratore — 302 copie
La leggenda di Camelot: le eroiche avventure dei cavalieri della tavola rotonda, alla ricerca del Santo Graal (1992) — Collaboratore — 121 copie
The Chronicles of the Holy Grail: The Ultimate Quest from the Age of Arthurian Literature (1996) — Collaboratore — 75 copie
The Collected Classical Stories and Classic Who Dunnits/boxed Set (2 volume set) (1996) — Collaboratore — 24 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Ross, Melinda
Evans, Cadmus
More, Dennis - Data di nascita
- 1946-12-26
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Australia
- Luogo di nascita
- Tasmania, Australia
- Luogo di residenza
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Attività lavorative
- science fiction writer
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Recensioni
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Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 30
- Opere correlate
- 19
- Utenti
- 553
- Popolarità
- #45,138
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 13
- ISBN
- 70
The main character in Taylor's series, Felimid Mac Fal, is an instantly loveable character. He is a true roguish sort that loves to indulge in the simple pleasures of life: wine, women, gambling and laughter. Taylor does not let his character fall within the common fantasy tropes of being a vessel of absolute good. Felimid possesses a kind of moral ambiguity that we see him struggle with and shape throughout the story.
Keith Taylor spins a wondrous tale in the first book of his Bard series. This book came out when the Fantasy market was beginning to take off and publishers were being flooded with all sorts of rubbish. Taylor roots his hero and the world the hero inhabits in Irish Folklore and Mythology, Arthurian Literary Tradition and numerous other tales and mythologies that have survived from the span of time surrounding the "Dark Ages".
I have an above average background in Medieval Literature and its precursors and I found myself referring to the internet every few pages to clarify a reference the author had made. This reliance on an historically based world instead of one of pure fancy adds to the experience of reading the books. Taylor not only presents the reader with an excellent story but guides the reader into a world of rich cultural significance. After the first book you will find yourself reaching for Google less and less as you become familiar with The Gods and Goddesses of ancient Ireland.… (altro)