Red Priest to King’s Guard One: Part One of The Veil of Enitharmon - Couverture souple

Currie, Elizabeth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1804675997 ISBN 13 : 9781804675991

Editeur : Bookvault Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

Red Priest to King’s Guard One Volume One of The Veil of Enitharmon By Elizabeth Currie Isa Bell is an apprentice metalworker in the industrial town of Deerby and a member of the moderate Old Believer community, followers of Enitharmon’s monotheist Faith. She thinks her life is mapped out, but everything changes the day the King’s Guard come to town.  The King, a Hard-Line fanatic for Enitharmon, wants to convert mostly-polytheist Ingria to his way. First, though, he wants rid of the Old Believers - and his Guard brutally sacks Deerby. As a woman in men’s clothing doing a man’s job, Isa is doubly in trouble and she has to flee for her life from the Guard.    She finds shelter in the bustling capital of Lislechester but struggles to create a new identity.  Before long she is entangled in the political troubles that grow ever grimmer.  Can Isa make a new life and stay in Lislechester with her new friends - or will she have to flee again? *      *      * What if classic Hellenistic polytheism had never been overrun by Christian monotheism?  Welcome to Isa's world, where the story takes place in what might be our Victorian times, in a country trying to confront its colonial demons, its political troubles and its slave-holding past.   The story plays out against a background of festivals, Worshipful Companies, military traditions harkening back to classic Sparta, quickening technological developments and social complexities. Whether unfamiliar or instantly recognisable, every aspect of the story’s backdrop feels convincing thanks to the author's meticulous research.  Whether's it's zoology, technology, art, science, local creole languages,  regional dialects, religion, culture or fashion: everything feels intensely alive in Isa's world, with many real-life historical references to places, events and people to find for the discerning reader. This

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bookvault Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1804675997
• ISBN 13: 9781804675991
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Lacon Ruth, Dulk Lúthien
• Nombre de pages: 570
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible