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1 gen 1983 · Jack Vance. 3.93. 5,645 ratings413 reviews. The Elder Isles, located in what is now the Bay of Biscay off the the coast of Old Gaul, are made up of ten contending kingdoms, all vying with each other for control. At the centre of much of the intrigue is Casmir, the ruthless and ambitious king of Lyonesse. His beautiful but ...
- Lyonesse Series by Jack Vance
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- Lyonesse Series by Jack Vance
Lyonesse Suldrun's Garden. King Casmir of Lyonesse arranges the marriage of his daughter Suldrun to Faude Carfilhiot, Duke of Vale Evander. Princes Aillas and Trewan of Troicinet are sent on a sea voyage to visit the various kingdoms of the Elder Isles to gain experience at statecraft; Aillas is eventually pushed overboard and washes ...
26 lug 2016 · Casmir coldly confines her to the overgrown garden that she loves to frequent, and it is here that meets her love and her tragedy unfolds. Political intrigue, magic, war, adventure and romance are interwoven in a rich and sweeping tale set in a brilliantly realized fabled land.
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The Lyonesse sequence evokes the Elder Isles, is a baroque land of pre-Arthurian myth now lost beneath the Atlantic, where powerful sorcerers, aloof faeries, stalwart champions, and nobles...
In this first book of the trilogy, Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden, Prince Aillas of Troicinet is betrayed on his first diplomatic voyage and cast into the sea.
1 lug 2016 · Suldrun's Garden tells the story of the Elder Isles, comprising 10 separate kingdoms all vying for power, in a time of myth and magic. Suldrun is the beautiful daughter of the power-hungry King Casmir of Lyonesse, who dreams of ruling all the Elder Isles, and sees his daughter as a pawn to marry off as he will to his advantage.
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- Jack Vance
