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Sto caricando le informazioni... Sentry Peakdi Harry Turtledove
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A relatively faithful retelling of the Chickamauga-Lookout Mountain Campaign in a non-gunpowder setting. ( ) This is another singular book from one of Turtledove's favorite plot styles. A real historical situation, in this case a battle, completely reproduced in a fantasy setting. In this case, he has reproduced several key Civil War battles (I won't spoil it and say which) in a fantasy setting with wizards and soldiers with spears and crossbows. I found the limitation of only spears and crossbows to be odd, but I still enjoyed the book. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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THE STRANGEST CIVIL WAR NOVEL YOU EVER READ When Avram became King of Detina, he declared he intended to liberate the blond serfs from their ties to the land. The northern provinces, where most of the serfs lived, would not accept his lordship. The hot north was a land of broad estates, whose noble overlords took the serfs' labor and gave back next to nothing. Those provinces left Detina, choosing Avram's cousin, Grand Duke Geoffrey, as their king in his place. Avram said he had inherited all of the kingdom, not just a part. He refused to let Geoffrey rule the north without a challenge. And the southron provinces, full of merchants and smallholders, stood solidly behind him. So he sent armies clad in gray against the north. Geoffrey raised his own army, and arrayed his men in blue made from the indigo much raised on northern estates to distinguish them from the southrons. Avram held the larger part of the kingdom, and the wealthier part, too. But Geoffrey's men were bolder soldiers. And the north, taken all in all, had better wizards than the southrons did. The war raged for almost three years, until Avram's General Guildenstern moved against the northern army under Count Thraxton the Braggart, which held the town of Rising Rock, close by Sentry Peak. It was to be a crucial battle -- more crucial than either side knew.... Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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