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Book Two of The Hound and the Falcon.Constantinople, A.D. 1203: a great army camps outside the City of Cities, and threatens it with conquest. Within the City, a Greek witch and a renegade monk who is also a white enchanter do their utmost to hold back the tides of war. But even their great powers may not be able to save Byzantium's empire from the Western Crusade.
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After leaving Anglia, Alf and Thea go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem and eventually decide to visit Thea’s family in Nicea. Unfortunately, they all died of the plague shortly after Thea left years ago. Quarrelling, Alf and Thea split up; Alf falls into the hands of a Byzantine noblewoman and is taken into her household in Constantinople. The City is under siege by the Fourth Crusade.
The story centres on Alf and Thea’s developing relationship, Alf’s friendship with the Alkestos family, and the sack of Constantinople.
Recommended.
The story centres on Alf and Thea’s developing relationship, Alf’s friendship with the Alkestos family, and the sack of Constantinople.
Recommended.
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Judith Tarr was born in Augusta, Maine on January 30, 1955. She received a B.A. in Latin and English from Mount Holyoke College, an M.A. in Classics from Cambridge University, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Medieval studies from Yale University. She is the author of more than twenty novels including The Golden Horn, The Hound and the Falcon, Avaryan show more Rising, Alamut, The Daggar and the Cross, The Lord of Two Lands, Pillar of Fire, The Throne of Isis, White Mare's Daughter, Queen of Swords, Arrows of the Sun, and Spear of Heaven. She also wrote a juvenile book entitled His Majesty's Elephant. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Golden Horn
- Original publication date
- 1985
- People/Characters
- Alf; Thea
- Important places
- Constantinople; Byzantium
- Important events
- Fourth Crusade (1202 | 1204)
- Epigraph
- O City, City, jewel of all cities, famed in tales throughout the world, leader of faith, guide in orthodoxy, protector of learning, abode of all good! Thou hast drunk to the dregs the cup of the anger of the Lord, and hast b... (show all)een visited with fire fiercer than that which in ancient days descended upon the Five Cities. . . .
-- Nicetas Choniates
. . . And therefore I have sailed the seas and come
To the holy city of Byzantium.
-- W. B. Yeats - Dedication
- For my parents
- First words
- Rain and sun and thirty years' neglect had faded the tiles of the courtyard and softened the curves of the marble dolphin in the center.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He swept her up and kissed her soundly, and bore her away.
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- Fiction and Literature, Fantasy, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
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- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
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- PS3570 .A655 .G64 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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